Re: adding and forking someone else's GPL software - what should i do?
Martin D Kealey <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:40:11 +1300 (NZDT)
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On Thu, 1 Dec 2011, David L Neil wrote: > Of course the famous (urban legend) explanation for the choice of those three > letters is that they encode HAL. HAL in turn was Arthur C Clarke's computer > famous for saying "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" Much as I love a good urban legend, the real story might be more interesting. International Business Machines was so-named shortly before the first world, so the three letters predate Clarke's writing by just a wee bit: "The company is celebrating its centennial Thursday, marking the merger on June 16, 1911, of four companies in Endicott, N.Y., that became the Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. In 1914, the legendary Thomas J. Watson Sr., took over as general manager of the company, renaming it International Business Machines, and leading it until shortly before his death in June 1956" -Martin _______________________________________________ NZLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nzlug