On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:20:01 -0500, Kent A. Reed wrote: > On 1/18/2012 6:42 AM, EBo wrote: >> Ick... Oh well, it looks like Fred Proctor published the first >> paper >> in 1993, and emc.com incorporated in 1994... At least they were >> nice >> about it so it sounds like. To bad we could not skip 2 and move on >> to 3 >> ;-) Actually them copyrighting/trademarking what is in essence >> Einstein's equation is a little odd, but Oh well. >> >> Thanks for the elucidation and the documentation. The link to the >> announcement might be a good addendum to the FAQ. >> >> EBo -- >> > If only it were so simple. The trouble is, EMC was formed as a > company in 1979, its name is derived from the initials of its > founding > fathers, it has 47 000 employees with offices in 100 countries, and > it > has a huge presence in computing technology. > > Pierre Trudeau, former PM of Canada, once said of the USA "Living > next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter > how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, > one is affected by every twitch and grunt." > > We're in a similar situation. > > As for NIST's role, it's unfortunate that Enhanced Machine Controller > was chosen as the name of the system and that EMC is a natural > shorthand for it. That's history and I think we should celebrate it, > but I don't see anything is to be gained holding our breath until we > turn blue. > > I still think our documentation including our online presence such as > the wiki and websites needs to be quite explicit about what was past > and what the agreement means going forward. > > Regards, > Kent
The size of the company was not clear from emc.com's web page or "about" page. Interesting. Anyway, it needed disambugation regardless. I love the Trudeau quote BTW ;-) EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
