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From: dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Passing  GO, etc. (was Re: OEM)
Message-ID: <4973@pegasus.ATT.COM>
Date: 16 Aug 90 11:52:08 GMT
References: <802@beguine.UUCP> <130@thor.UUCP>
Reply-To: dmt@pegasus.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ
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In article <130@thor.UUCP> scjones@thor.UUCP (Larry Jones) writes:
>Sorry, but Walt was completely correct.  The OEM is the >ORIGINAL<
>equipment manufacturer -- whoever made the thing in the first place.
>The guy that buys that product, adds value, and resells it is a VAR.
>
>This does not, of course, keep people from mis-using the terms,
>although OEM is abused far more often than VAR.

As a fan of Edwin Newman, and a lamenter of the cheapening of the
language, I have to agree with Larry.  However.....
The abuse/misuse of OEM has become so much more commonplace than
the correct use that it IS the "meaning" in our industry.  Use it
in the strict sense, and you will doubtless confuse your listeners.

>Now, anyone want to discuss the correct meaning of baud?  ;-)
>[ Hint to the unaware -- for most modems the "baud" rate is really
>the bits per second rate, the real baud rate is quite different. ]

Sure, in the proper newsgroup.  [ Hint to the semi-aware.  The modem's
baud rate can be either higher or lower than the bits-per-second at
which you transfer data.  Offhand, I can't think of a single modem
where it's the same. ]

Dave