I've seen various schemes used for creating up-to-eight-character userids, all truncated as needed, of course. These are IDs I've had, won't tell ya where each was (and omitting just firstname, just lastname, or intials):
1. First initial, last name, plus a number as needed: PSMITH, PSMITH1 2. Last name || first name, with number if necessary, but always including first initial: SMITHIIP, or SMITHIP2 if needed 3. First three of last name, first two of first name, plus a number: SMIPH03 (I've always wondered how they'd deal with Kyle Fuchs or Tyrone Shipman) 4. First initial, last name, truncated to max of six with a two-digit number: I was PSMITH87; friend was TSMITH99-we never found out what the next T. Smith would get: would they reuse a hole, if any, or go to TSMIT100? Anyone got any other variations? This is purely a curiosity item, no agenda. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
