> From: Chris
>
> >... and just exactly where does one find a precise reference to this
> >convention?
>
> I can't quote a source, but I can say that traditionally, in English, all
> caps refers to an anacronym. And since MAC has something it stands for,
> each and every time you refer to a Macintosh as "MAC" you are in fact
> refering to something other than the Macintosh computer.
>
> And typing it as MacIntosh is just simply wrong. Look at any literature
> by Apple, you will never see it with a capitol I. I think that is a throw
> off from people that are typing it via the name of the fruit, which is
> ALSO wrong, since the name of the fruit is McIntosh (no a).
>
> Its just a pet peeve... I'm not going to really care if you continue to
> type it MAC... but doing so shows a gross ignorance of the platform, and
> really undermines any and all arguments you may have to say for or
> against it. You can't really take someone seriously in discusssions of a
> system if they can't refer to it correctly, as it just shows that they
> have spent so little time dealing with the system, that they clearly
> can't base their statements on anything educated. It doesn't matter if it
> is the Mac, or if it is something else.
>
> -chris
>
...and now some flashbacks to the DB15 - DE15 naming convention
thread...Eeek!
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