Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-12 Thread Bob Bell
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 08:44:17AM -0400, Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, rebranding, didn't DEC do this by going from blue text on white to > white text on red? I wonder if that means the "red Q" will be a white Q on > red? :) Actually, some of the new ads I've seen include

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-12 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:25:59 EDT Bob Bell said: >Well, when I was at employee orientation in Stow, Mass. about a year >ago, they really seems to push the red "Q" as our identifying logo. Of >course, now we just started the process of "rebranding" ourselves. I >think we're e

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Bob Bell
On Wed, Oct 11, 2000 at 09:04:54PM -0400, Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20 wrote: > > The origin of the name 'Compaq' was that their first product was > > "compact" (and it was the first relatively compact PC) and the > > Q stands for Qu

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20 wrote: > The origin of the name 'Compaq' was that their first product was > "compact" (and it was the first relatively compact PC) and the > Q stands for Quality, which is what they pride themselves on. Thanks for that little bit of trivia Baya

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Dave hardy
Dave Hardy Systems Manager/DBA Vermont Health Care Administration 89 Main Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-3101 802-828-2914 FAX: 802-828-2949 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/11/00 03:15PM >>> Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: >>> Just out

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG ZKO3-3/S20
Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asks: >>> Just out of curiosity, how the hell does one get "The Q" from Compaq??? The origin of the name 'Compaq' was that their first product was "compact" (and it was the first relatively compact PC) and the Q stands for Quality, which is what they pride thems

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Derek Martin wrote: > >> There's a short piece on ZDNet today concerning the Q's relationship to > >> the future of Linux. > > > > The Q? You mean the omnipotent beings in STTNG? > > He means Compaq. Threw me for a second, to

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Derek Martin wrote: >> There's a short piece on ZDNet today concerning the Q's relationship to >> the future of Linux. >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637950,00.html > > The Q? You mean the omnipotent beings in STTNG? He means Compaq. Threw me for a

Re: ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-11 Thread Derek Martin
Yesterday, Dave hardy gleaned this insight: > There's a short piece on ZDNet today concerning the Q's relationship to the future >of Linux. > > http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637950,00.html The Q? You mean the omnipotent beings in STTNG? =8^) -- You know that everytime I

ZDNet story link on the Q

2000-10-10 Thread Dave hardy
There's a short piece on ZDNet today concerning the Q's relationship to the future of Linux. http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2637950,00.html Dave Hardy Systems Manager/DBA Vermont Health Care Administration 89 Main Street Drawer 20 Montpelier, VT 05620-3101 802-828-2914 FAX: 802-8