On Sat, 19 May 2012 22:50:05 -0700 (PDT) charles green <xxzzb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> three letters is only 17576 choices. good bet they are all taken. > four alphanumeric is only 1.6 million choices. eemmcc22? llmmcc, > llnncc?? ellemcee. anLanMaC. > > --- On Sat, 5/19/12, Mark Cason <farmerboy1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: Mark Cason <farmerboy1...@yahoo.com> > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] A rose by any name? [Was: Not so custom] > > To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" > > <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: Saturday, May 19, 2012, > > 7:23 PM On 05/19/2012 07:52 PM, Jon Elson > > wrote: > > > Terry Christophersen wrote: > > >> LMC or LNC sounds good to m > > > Logical Microcomputer Company made Unix-based computers > > using the > > > Nat Semi 32016 CPU back in the late 80's. The > > system was a dog, for > > > reasons I don't quite understand, maybe rotten > > compilers. The 32016 was a good design as far as I could tell. Orthogonal instruction set, 8 sets of registers, etc. I understand that National simply didn't give much support. Most of the boards were VME bus. The chip seemed to get used more in Europe than here. >> I'm pretty > > > sure they have been out of business for some time, but > > might be wise > > > to check to see if there are copyrights or trademarks > > on a name, > > > acronym or whatever before using it. That's how > > we got in trouble > > > the first time. > > > > > > Jon > > > > LNC is taken, as is LMC. LCNC > > appears to be available though. > > > > -- > > -Mark > > > > Ne M'oubliez ---Family Motto > > Hope for the best, plan for the > > worst ---Personal Motto > > My tuppence still goes for LCNC as a short name. Nothing is ideal after getting emc2 impressed into our brains for so long. At least LCNC gives a hint of what we are up to. Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Live Security Virtual Conference > > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's > > security and > > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can > > respond. Discussions > > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > > latest in malware > > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. > Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the > latest in malware threats. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
