rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) (08/28/87)
My understanding is that LISA stands for Locally Integrated Software Architecture, but was really defined as such just so the group could have a reason to keep their favorite name for the machine. --Rich
roger@homxb.UUCP (heavenly blessed & worldly wise) (09/02/87)
In article <4VBN0Dy00V4Iowk0-2@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) writes: > > My understanding is that LISA stands for Locally Integrated Software > Architecture, but was really defined as such just so the group > could have a reason to keep their favorite name for the machine. > > --Rich I always thought LISA was an abbreviation for "Let's Invent Some Acronym". Roger Tait ..ihnp4!homxb!roger
rre@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Roger Espinosa) (09/03/87)
In article <974@homxb.UUCP>, roger@homxb.UUCP (heavenly blessed & worldly wise) writes: > In article <4VBN0Dy00V4Iowk0-2@andrew.cmu.edu>, rs4u+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Richard Siegel) writes: > > > > My understanding is that LISA stands for Locally Integrated Software > > Architecture, but was really defined as such just so the group > > could have a reason to keep their favorite name for the machine. > > > > --Rich > > > I always thought LISA was an abbreviation for > > "Let's Invent Some Acronym". > > Roger Tait > ..ihnp4!homxb!roger NO! The accepted mythos is that the Lisa was named after Job's daughter, Lisa (wow :-) You can read this all over the place; Chrysler reportedly did not name one of their cars after someone Iaccoca knew because of this "curse" of naming products after loved ones. To throw the media off, and because of the craze of XT/AT/RTetc acronyms, Apple did start writing it as LISA, for "let's invent some acronym." (you can all read about it the A+ issue about Apple 10th year anniversary) Roger -- Roger R. Espinosa Live from the Rabbit Ranch ihnp4!ihlpg!rre
kevin@violet.berkeley.edu (Kevin Baranski-Walker) (09/04/87)
No, LISA was *not* named after Job's daughter, which he doesn't have by the way. Edsel *was* named after the son of a Chrysler executive though, thereby establishing the dreaded product naming cursee. - Kevin (don't believe everything you read) Baranski-Walker
infinity@well.UUCP (sunny at Infinity Software) (09/05/87)
Anyone know where I can get hardware/info/binaries/sources for either SCO XENIX or UniSoft UniPlus+ for the Apple Lisa? Tecmar 4-port serial cards? Priam Data Towers? Sunol Hard Disks? etc? -- Infinity Software, Ltd. 1144 65th St. #C Emeryville, CA 94608 (415)420-1551 Voice; (415)420-1756 Data; USENET: infinity@well.uucp
bc@apple.UUCP (bill coderre) (09/05/87)
> No, LISA was *not* named after Job's daughter, which he doesn't have by > the way. Edsel *was* named after the son of a Chrysler executive > though, thereby establishing the dreaded product naming cursee. Pretty amazing for a FORD car, eh? > - Kevin (don't believe everything you read) Baranski-Walker Indeed. Ciao.......................................................bc
lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence Dziegielewski) (09/08/87)
In article <4973@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, kevin@violet.berkeley.edu (Kevin Baranski-Walker) writes: > the way. Edsel *was* named after the son of a Chrysler executive > though, thereby establishing the dreaded product naming cursee. Edsel Ford was the oldest son of Henry Ford, and as far as I know, neither of them ever worked for Chrysler. I know this dosen't belong here, but that one was asking to be corrected. -- Lawrence A. Dziegielewski | E.I. Dupont Co. {uunet!dgis!psuvax1}!eplrx7!lad | Engineering Physics Lab Cash-We-Serve 76127,104 | Wilmington, Delaware 19891 MABELL: (302) 695-1311 | Mail Stop: E357-318
tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith) (09/12/87)
kevin@violet.berkeley.edu (Kevin Baranski-Walker) writes:
< No, LISA was *not* named after Job's daughter, which he doesn't have by
< the way. Edsel *was* named after the son of a Chrysler executive
< though, thereby establishing the dreaded product naming cursee.
Henry Ford ( the father of Edsel Ford ), was not a Chrysler eecutive.
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