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Subject:Re: Business names From:Andreas Ramos <andreas -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 15 Aug 1994 14:46:35 -0700
On Mon, 15 Aug 1994, Westra, Kayla L. wrote:
> One of the software packages for PMS was AIDS -- I can't remember what that
> stood for, but the package was older than the acronym for the disease...
My wife once worked for a legal research company called "American
Information and Discovery Services". They had to change their name,
expensive outdoor office signs, etc. after the advent of the big disease
with the little name.
