A 14:20 2002-02-25 +0100, Marco Cimarosti a �crit : >Mark Davis wrote: > > Did they at least have the sense to keep the old one as an alias? > >In this case, it might not be a good idea if, as I suspect, the acronym >"ROM" was felt as insulting for every Rumanian not being addict to Caribbean >alcoholics. > >Perhaps these changes would not be necessary if standardization bodies would >take a moment to think and consult a dictionary before choosing a label. > >Oh, well, OK, an identifier is just an identifier. So, why not choosing >"tequila" or "cannabis" for English. :-)
[Alain] ROM is also the acronym for "Read-Only Memory"... Alain
