Re: Joe Kahn

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Tony Diaz (tdiaz@coyote.csusm.edu) wrote:
: Joe Kohn (joko@crl.com) wrote:

: > When I started Shareware Solutions II, I was toying with the idea of
: > calling it "Kohn Komputer Kollege" but somehow the acronym just didn't sit
: > right with me.


: Uh, huh. That would have been cute, to say the least :) So long as you didn't
: print it on white paper.

: > The acronym of SSII was much better, as it was closely related to the SS20,
: > a Russian built ICBM. And, why not? Writing and publishing Shareware
: > Solutions II has been a blast!

: Better choice... and most peoples first impression of the newsletter... 
: It's like a bombshell of information went off in thier face.

So it's "SSII" and not "SS][" in honor of the machine?

(hey, I still call it the ][gs even though the GS came after the switch
from Cupertino to Times...)

--Dave
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