Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/10

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Subject: [Leica] MAC versus Mac
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:06 -0500
References: <4AF9D877.80002@sfr.fr> <20091110214051.GG3168@jbm.org>
 
At 04:40 PM 11/10/2009, you wrote:
>I honestly don't intend to be mean by this, just informative.  I tend to 
>crave
>precision, and certain things bug me.
>
>At any rate, sometimes I see people referring to Macintosh computers writing
>"MAC".  The conventional short form of Macintosh is "Mac" (just the first
>letter capitalized).  When all letters are capitalized, it implies that one 
>is
>using an acronym where each letter stands for a separate word -- such as MAC
>for Media Access Control, or PC for Personal Computer.
>
>Thanks.
>
>  -Jeff

I'm changing my file folder name now ;-)

Mac not MAC.

Tina


Tina Manley
www.tinamanley.com
In reply to: Message from philippe.amard at sfr.fr (Philippe Amard) ([Leica] OT: MAC question - Mail / Netscape / Thunderbird)
Message from jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore) ([Leica] MAC versus Mac)