If that's the case, then I think Bill Gates should have appropriately
named his software MicroSoft.

Rick Clark
Senior Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio


Art Bahrs wrote:
>
> Hi Nick :)
>     Well, by putting a upper case letter in the middle it does follow the
> unofficial computerese naming convention demonstrated by the following?
>
> WordPerfect
> FoxPro
> dBase (any flavor)
> MPE/iX  (again any flavor)
>     (ok... this one even has a / in it.... )
> DataNow! (with the ! but not a Stan Product hehe)
> FileMaker
> PowerHouse (ok... a company name but used to refer to products)
> NewWave
> etc ...
>
> Art "just being his usual self :) hehehe" Bahrs
>
> ----------
> >From: Nick Demos <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: PowerPatch/Power Patch/Powerpatch/POWERPATCH/???
> >Date: Thu, 23 Sep, 1999, 08:09
> >
>
> > Stan Sieler wrote:
> >>
> >> Art,
> >>
> >> > > Ok...I've decided on PowerPatch!
> >> > >
> >> Rely on Stan to set his own stndards.  This is NOT English.
> >
> > Power Patch makes it English.  If you want to coin a new word it
> > is "Powerpatch".  What is the justification for a Capital "P"
> > in the middle of a word?
> >
> > Nick D.