At 06:12 AM 2/27/96 -0700, F. Alfredo Rego wrote:
>Larry Boyd <[log in to unmask]> said:
/snip
>Hmmm...   My computerized text-analysis system (anonymously transferred via
>FTP from my friends from Langley, Virginia,... just another example of the
>many secret collaborators I have), after hours of number & text crunching,
>has unequivocally detected that Larry used the meaning-laden word
>"multiple" in his writing.  The only operating system that PROUDLY has had
>(from its inception) the crucial word "multiple" in its name is
>Hewlett-Packard's MPE (Multiple Programming Executive).  Now I see Larry's
>covert function within HP.  He's in charge of subtly spreading the word now
>that HP has become fully aware that they were there among the first with
>the concept of "multiple".   HP wants to fully exploit this early advantage
>with MPE and doesn't want to squander THIS golden opportunity before the
>Unix crowd morphs the name "Unix" into the name "Multics" (with apologies
>to the born-yesterday crowd).
 
And of course there are those of us who have been around 'MPE' a long time
and have taken the word 'multiple' to heart in out daily lives....  :)
 
Jerry (father of triplets...)
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Jerry Fochtman, Director Of HP3000 R&D
Bradmark Technologies