> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Carol Srna
>
> What trait must a country have to be a BRIC country?
>
[ But at the bottom of the post to which you prepended this query is
this: ]
>
> B razil
> R ussia
> I ndia
> C hina
>
> Birger Heede
> IBM
So I would guess the "qualifying" trait would be one of the names
Brazil, Russia, India or China. And since that was posted by an IBMer,
it's possible BRIC is an "IBM Internal" acronym that just got
externalized.
-jc-
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