2006-10-04 15:52:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
surely you could google this? it's much less effort, you don't have to log in.
IBM is commonly known as Big Blue
2006-10-04 15:55:02 · answer #1 · answered by metallhd62 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
International Business Machines....
"eee, bay, em" .. french pronounciation.
"I've been Moved" .. no longer true
Itty Bitty Machines
"Its better Manually" ..
"Big Blue" .. still true.
"IBM means service" .. from the marketing guys
"quality goes in AFTER the name goes on"
.. others. include;
Inferior But Marketable; Insidious Black Magic;
I'd Buy Macintosh
Idiots Become Managers
Incredibly Boring Manuals
Inferior But Marketable
Ingrained Batch Mentality
Inmensa Bola de Manteca (Huge ball of fat)
International Brotherhood of Magicians
It's Been Malfunctioning; Incontinent Bowel Movement
grins!
2006-10-04 16:04:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
IBM is the nickname.
International Business Machines
2006-10-04 15:59:53 · answer #3 · answered by J G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many of them.
It used to be a standard gag amongst IBM middle management that it stood for "I've Been Moved."
2006-10-04 15:57:11 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've also heard the nickname of
Itty Bitty Machine
by some programmer friends of mine.
2006-10-04 15:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
big blue
2006-10-04 16:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by denise c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋