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  From: Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  To  : Alan Kennington <akenning@topology.org>
        LinuxSA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 16:02:58 +0930

Re: commoditi[sz]ing?

"Alan Kennington" <akenning@topology.org> wrote:

> That article has included the perplexing word "commodity" for
> the zillionth time, and I still don't understand how
> marketing people use this word.

It's derived from the word "commode", so I'd be surprised if
marketing people could refrain from using this word.

> They referred in negative terms to "commodity protocols",
> meaning standard protocols like the Internet protocol and HTTP.
> But these are free, and I thought that a commodity is something
> you pay for.

I think they planned to turn them into commodity protocols.

Regards,
  Daryl Tester

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