So many. YaaaRR1 (aaa was 3 alpha office/project) XXnnnRR (XX for office, no idea why 3 digits) RUPREY01 DEVRR01
Roops On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 22:22 Phil Smith III, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
