Just to save time, Can't you just call it "Shannon knows... "



"Terry C. Shannon" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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!

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