EMCnc or EMCNC for Enhanced Machine Computer Numerical Control
Ken On 1/18/2012 11:32 AM, dave wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:27:41 -0600 > EBo<e...@sandien.com> wrote: > >> 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 -- >> > I'm continually amazed by the amount of greed I (refering to society in > general) see as well as paranoia induced by the legal profession (?). > Ugh. > > Somehow I don't see how EMC2 is stepping on any toes. Morphing the > acronym to MMC (opps! same problem) or even 2MMC ... maybe less of a > problem. > MMC = millennium machine controller > 2MMC = 2nd millennium machine controller". > > Someone far more creative than me is going to have to play with this. > > Dave > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
