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From: rpw3@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Where does one buy a 3b2? - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 7-Apr-84 23:03:12 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr  7 23:03:12 1984
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fortune!rpw3    Apr  7 19:52:00 1984

OEM == Original Equipment Manufacturer

The guy who made the part that went in the system you bought from
the other guy.

To say, "XXX is a disk-drive OEM" means that other companies YYY and ZZZ
take XXX disks and put them in the YYY and ZZZ systems (usually with their
names on them, at that point).

"Private labelling" is what you call it when an OEM manufactures it
with the other guy's logo and case and everything...

You see a lot of private labelling in the home entertainment market.
Several companies buying from the same OEM, but each with a different
logo on the front.



Rob Warnock

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