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   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Cryptoengineer   wrote:   
   >DEC used to make a popular line of minicomputers under the name 'VAX'.   
   >That name is  also used by a brand of vacuum cleaners in the UK, but   
   >it did not lead to any legal issues when DEC started to sell Vaxen in   
   >Britain.   
      
   They are extremely similar.  They both have pipes and filters.  And   
   the DEC floating point really sucks.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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