Or perhaps SK___   <--- underscores;  let's start with 3.  Fill in the
blanks as required.  Seems like every few years.  Think of the fun one might
have with different colors!  ;-)

Dave...

"John Smith" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:uqTz8.166$zk1.90@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Terry,
>
> So will anything built with Itanic/McKinley/etc.... ever be 'high
> performance'?
>
> If you have your doubts, maybe you should reconsider the name change to be
> something along the lines of "Shannon Knows Commodity Platforms with
Various
> Operating Systems".  www.skcpwvos.com
>
> I know it's a mouthful, but it seems to be where the industry is heading
so
> you'll truly be on the leading edge of naming for all time.
>
> Besides, it'll save on additional domain registration and trademark fees.
> :-)
>
>
>
>
> "Terry C. Shannon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
> news:L6Tz8.60193$%s3.23734634@typhoon.ne.ipsvc.net...
> > Another year, another name change. We at Shannon Knows DEC, Shannon
Knows
> > Distributed Enterprise Computing, Shannon Knows Compaq, and now Shannon
> > Knows HPC are getting used to the good old name game. And we hope that
you
> > Constant Readers will take the latest name change in stride. Here's the
> > deal: Shannon Knows Compaq has withstood the rigors of two name changes
> plus
> > the economic angst of the thermonuclear winter incited by a wholesale
> > dot-com bombing. Acting on the news yesterday that the Delaware Chancery
> > Court has given Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq a go-ahead, SKC
> has
> > changed its name to Shannon Knows High Performance Computing. HP, of
> course,
> > can be construed as High Performance or Hewlett-Packard, which,
> > post-acquisition, will be Numero Uno in the High Performance Computing
> > arena. In the interest of brevity-plus a desire to coin a new
five-letter
> > acronym-we'll now operate under the SKHPC name. Extended "dance version"
> > five-letter acronym aside, we'll continue to provide the same coverage
> we've
> > been dishing out for the last nine years, plus even more. And for those
of
> > you who wonder why we didn't opt for Shannon Knows HPS, it turns out
that
> > HPS is the acronym for Hewlett Packard Services! Thanks to a senior
Compaq
> > manager for pointing out this potential gaffe to us!
> >
> > --
> > Terry C. Shannon
> > Consultant and Publisher
> > Shannon Knows HPC
> > PLEASE NOTE MY *NEW* EMAIL ADDRESS
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > Web (info on SKC):  www.openvms.org, www.tru64.org
> >
> >
>
>

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