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Please remove me from the list
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Will Wong |
Subject: |
Please remove me from the list |
Date: |
Thu, 8 Feb 2001 15:48:37 -0800 |
Please can somebody remove me from the list? I don't know if I'm in the
Evo-List, OO-List or Glue-List, but I NEVER ASKED TO JOIN ANY OF THESE
LISTS!
Please check the list if you are the moderator. It only takes a moment.
Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Llewellyn" <address@hidden>
To: "Dan Kuykendall" <address@hidden>
Cc: "Evo-List" <address@hidden>; "OO-List" <address@hidden>;
"Glue-List" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 7:04 AM
Subject: GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?
>
> > > > == The Word Is Heard (or: "Gentlemen: I give you - OOGS!")
> > >
> > > <nitpick>What is the second O for?</nitpick>
> >
> > 'Open Office Groupware Standard' as in an 'Office Groupware Standard'
> > (OGS) that is open? But that's just my guess.
>
>
>
>
> It's a recursive acronym in the same way that GNU and TINT are recursive
> acronyms.
>
> Like, GNU stands for Gnu's Not Unix.
>
> similarly: OOGS:
>
> OOGS is
> Open
> Groupware
> Standards
>
> ... OOGS.
>
> Thus the "extra" O :-)
>
> Also, "Groupware" is one word AFAIK so no W in my version. Plus, "OOGS"
> is pronounceable, vs. OGWS. OGS is pronounceable, but it doesn't have
> the cool FSF-ish recursive anagram :-)
>
>
>
>
>
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GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Lloyd Llewellyn, 2001/02/08
- Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Sander Vesik, 2001/02/08
- Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Dan Kuykendall, 2001/02/08
- Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Sander Vesik, 2001/02/08
- Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Dan Kuykendall, 2001/02/08
- OGS Project, Dan Kuykendall, 2001/02/08
- Re: [discuss] GROUPWARE - Answered: Why "OOGS" ?, Sander Vesik, 2001/02/08
Please remove me from the list,
Will Wong <=
Re: [discuss] Re: [Evolution] Re: [discuss] OO - GROUPWARE - Call for concluison - was: OpenOffice: Say it isn't so., Jeffry Smith, 2001/02/06