How about: Shannon Knows Its Temporary - SKIT :) "Terry C. Shannon" 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! > > -- > 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 -- Have VMS. Will Travel. Wire Paladin @alphase.com San Francisco * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *