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Subject: Re: mate in 11 test position

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 16:29:51 04/22/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 13:18:04, Roy Eassa wrote:


>I was previously referring to it as Chest then changed and began calling it
>CHEST.  Do the letters represent other words (e.g., DOS is capitalized because
>it means "Disk Operating System"

I think it was "Dirty Operating System", or rather
"Quick and Dirty Operating System" (QDOS) when they bought it :)

Hope it's not just another fun story that isn't true...

Ralf

>but "Mac" is not capitalized as it is just a
>short version of "Macintosh")?
>
>Even if the letters do not represent other words, one possible benefit of using
>all capital letters ("CHEST") is that people are more likely to quickly realize
>you are referring to a piece of software rather than a body part.  ;-)



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