Actually, I do not see why a link on the front page saying "if you are looking for emc.com -- the computer people... go here" But WHO am I
On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:55:04 -0500, Kenneth Lerman wrote: > 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. 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