The assumption that everyone has a first name and middle initial is similarly invalid:
J. Paul Getty, J Fred Muggs, J. Edgar Hoover -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a PRIVATE message. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete without copying and kindly advise us by e-mail of the mistake in delivery. NOTE: Regardless of content, this e-mail shall not operate to bind CSC to any order or other contract unless pursuant to explicit written agreement or government initiative expressly permitting the use of e-mail for such purpose. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 01/16/2007 10:25 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: Forbidding Special characters in passwords On 12 Jan 2007 23:08:13 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote: >>Assuming that everyone on the planet has exactly one "middle initial". > >I remember a case where the program needed to accept NMI (for No >Middle Initial). Of course Harry S Truman's middle initial was his middle name. Same thing for the stage name of Michael J Fox (who thought the "J" in Michael J. Pollard sounded good). But software keeps putting periods after these initials even though they are not abbreviations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
