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IBM was actually originally a competitor of NCR (National Cash Register) (or Nice Crap for Resale) from the early 1900's. The guy who founded IBM was an executive let go from NCR. They were so pissed at the guy, that they took his desk out on the street, and set it on fire. That's actually where the term getting 'fired' comes from.
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@Tympanistam that sounds like bullshit. According to etymonline.com/index.php?term=fire it has been recorded since 1885
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@subhog I was only quoting rule 14. So that others won't have to go check Google for what it meant 😂
Whenever I come across some acronyms...
CD-ROM: Consumer Device, Rendered Obsolete in Months
PCMCIA: People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
ISDN: It Still Does Nothing
SCSI: System Can’t See It
MIPS: Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed
DOS: Defunct Operating System
WINDOWS: Will Install Needless Data On Whole System
OS/2: Obsolete Soon, Too
PnP: Plug and Pray
APPLE: Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity
IBM: I Blame Microsoft
MICROSOFT: Most Intelligent Customers Realize Our Software Only Fools Teenagers
COBOL: Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language
LISP: Lots of Insipid and Stupid Parentheses
MACINTOSH: Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs
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