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From: rmb@omews59.intel.com (Bob Bentley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: 80960KA and KB
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Date: 20 Mar 90 01:16:09 GMT
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In article <1080@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU> mac@ra.cs.Virginia.EDU (Alex Colvin) writes:
>> What does BiiN mean?
>
>well, since BiiT stands for "Because it is There", BiiN must be "... Not".
>
>Isn't it a Siemens/Intel venture to produce Ada systems?

BiiN *was* a joint venture between Intel and Siemens - it was terminated last
October.  The name itself was generated by one of those name search companies
and had no meaning (though the joke at Intel was that it stood for "Billions
Invested In Nothing").

	Bob Bentley

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