Unisys (was Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?)

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From: jmay... Jay Maynard
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00

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On 31 May 2000 23:46:23 -0400, gcash <gc...@magicnet.net> wrote:
>I also seem to remember laughing at a pompous TV ad Unisys bought that
>aired during a football game, explaining their new name.

I wish I could remember who said it, but the best comment on the Unisys name
was that it sounded like a birth defect. "I'm sorry, ma'am, but your son was
born with a unisys." "*GASP!*"

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Date: 2000/06/01
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