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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Passing  GO, etc. (was Re: OEM)
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Date: 24 Aug 90 20:21:30 GMT
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>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.

It depends on your relative position. If you buy chips to make a
hardware board that someone else puts in their system then the chip maker is
your OEM and you are the VAR to the systems company. From the viewpoint
of the system company, you are their OEM. If the system company in turn
sells the complete system to a software consultant who puts a turnkey
application on the system then the system company is in its turn an
OEM to the consultant and the consultant is a VAR for the system company.

			   Danny Low
    "Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
	   Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
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