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• As in Protestant Europe, by contrast, where sects divided endlessly into smaller competing sects and no church dominated any other, all is different in the fragmented world of IBM.
  That realm is now a chaos of conflicting norms and standards that not even IBM can hope to control....
• Will Silicon Valley Become A Ghost Town? Back in the 80s, businessmen hoped that computers would usher in a paperless office.
  Now in the 00s, businessmen are hoping that paper will usher in a computerless office....
• ESB Eject Selectric Ball [from IBM typewriter terminals]
• eep-neep: /neep neep/ [onomatopoeic, from New York SF fandom] n.
  One who is fascinated by computers. Less specific than {hacker}, as it need not imply more skill than is required to boot games on a PC....
• dinosaur n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
  Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines....
• dinosaur: n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
  Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines....
• This was seen in the SF Chronicle's Sunday Punch week before la
  The post office solicited for graphic ideas for the new 30 cent stamp....
• Word Processor - Software that magically transforms its user into a professional author.
  -- From the Government Computer News, November 21, 1988 Issue...
• Quote #669 Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
  -- E. Dijkstra...