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Subject:Re: word usage (MCE) From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Mar 1999 16:55:36 -0500
Former Xeroid here.
I remember MCE, and it was in use (in Canada, at least) as recently as 4 years
ago. The version I was familiar with though, was a mainframe application, and
I am not clear as to how it was distributed, if at all, outside of Xerox.
Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
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On Wednesday, March 03, 1999 4:37 PM, Scott Havens [SMTP:SHavens -at- ELCOTEL -dot- COM]
wrote:
> Actually, I don't know what ever became of that initiative. I left
> Xerox more than 15 years ago and the MCE Dictionary, being a proprietary
> thing, was not something I could bring with me. I'll have to go back
> through some of my old files and see if I can turn up any details about
> it. I'll let you know...
>
> SRH
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roy Jacobsen [SMTP:rjacobse -at- GREATPLAINS -dot- COM]
> >
> > I would pay real cash money to see what that MCE thingy looked like.
> > Sounds
> > like it was an invaluable resource. Is it (or a near facsimile)
> > available to
> > us grunts?
> >
> >