On Sun, 2013-12-29 at 14:30 -0600, Andy Wood wrote:
> HP called it a calculator rather than a computer as a marketing ploy

Heh.  Bob Brigham once told me that the Bell System made "electronic
switching systems" (ESS) because they were prohibited from marketing
"computers".

-- 
David Andrews
A. Duda & Sons, Inc.
david.andr...@duda.com

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