From: utzoo!utcsrgv!mendelso
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Title: Re: acronyms
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.1382
Posted: Wed May 11 22:15:48 1983
Received: Thu May 12 09:59:17 1983
References: watmath.4978 qubix.243

THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF MAGICIANS WAS USING THE ACRONYM IBM
AT LEAST A DECADE BEFORE THOMAS WATSON FOUNDED HIS COMPANY
THIS IS IN ALL PROBABILITY THE FIRST OCCASION IBM USED SOMETHING 
WITHOUT CHECKING TO SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAD DONE IT FIRST