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river wrote:
> 
> Jay Maynard <jmay...@thebrain.conmicro.cx> wrote in message
> news:slrn8jc8u1.nid.jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx...
> > 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!*"
> 
> It was rumoured, that if you ran "Unisys" through Wordstar (or maybe another
> old
> wp) spellcheck it would come up with "anuses". Maybe it's an urban myth, but
> the
> first time I heard it I almost split!
> 
> seeyuzz
> river

I was working for Sperry at the time that Burroughs took over, and came
up with the new name.  I remember the staff meeting when the new name
was going to be announced (with layoff notices shortly after, as I
recall...*painfully*) - there was a lot of "Hmmm..." and "I guess it's
OK..." but I think most of us were disappointed that it wasn't something
better.

I think we even felt that the names that some of our employees came up
with were much better, but unfortunately I don't recall any of the
alternative suggestions!

Bart
Canada