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From: ladd@cbnewsc.att.com (david.ladd)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: What does VME stand for?
Message-ID: <1991Apr10.182606.25683@cbnewsc.att.com>
Date: 10 Apr 91 18:26:06 GMT
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In article <3717@inews.intel.com> dlau@mipos2.UUCP (Dan Lau) writes:
>Funny this question should come up at this time.  I was looking
>at the April 1991 issue of SunWorld magazine and in the /lex
>column by John Barry, it gave the full detail of the VME name,
>and I quote (from page 18):
>
>	VME stands for Versa Module Eurocard, which derives
>	from the VERSAbus development in Germany by Motorola
>	and Signetic engineers.  VERSA is an acronym for
>	Verein Europaischer Regierungen Schaffend Autobusse
>	(Organization of European Governments Producing Buses).
>
>So there you have it.
>Dan

Not to pick on Dan too much here, but since his was the second
SunWorld quote I have seen I might as well mention that the article
in question was an April fool's gag. The entymology got more
off-the-wall as the article went on. Come on...
"Schaffend" in an acronym?