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From: jeffj@usenet.umr.edu (Jeff Jenness)
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Subject: Re: NIH ??
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Date: 12 Jul 90 21:17:42 GMT
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In article <171@logo.procase.UUCP> roger@procase.UUCP (Roger H. Scott) writes
(in response to: article <15163.26893032@levels.sait.edu.au>): 
>
>NIH stands for Not Invented Here.  The library is called that because many
>people will refuse to use it due to that fact that it was Not Invented Here.
>It is useful as a litmus test of how strong the NIH-factor is at any given
>business or institution.
>

WHAT?  NIH is the National Institute of Health.  The class library with the
same initials originated from there.

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Thanks,
Jeff Jenness
University of Missouri - Rolla
jeffj@cs.umr.edu