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At 07:49 PM 4/20/96 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sat, 20 Apr 1996, Jim Grey wrote:
>> Whatever you do, *please* don't let your company ever name a product "System
>> Control Unit"! ;->
>>
>> Peace,
>> jim
>Well, we use 'unit', and I believe it works for us. Actually, we name our
>products aerial devices, derricks, elevators, etc. In the manuals,
>however, instead of constantly saying aerial device or digger derrick, we
>refer to the unit. We define unit as the aparatus mounted on the vehicle,
>the chassis and all parts and subparts of the two.
Marci, you and Jim and talking about two quite different usages of "unit."
I agree with both of you.
Regards...Kris
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