Might as well axe...
What's FUD?
Nov 09, 2003
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Thanks.
Fear Uncertainty Doubt
Elmer's last name (but he adds another 'D').
David Erbas-White
There's no "D" in Glue silly billy.
The standard MO of government regulatory agencies and self-serving politicians.
Gary wrote: > The standard MO of government regulatory agencies and self-serving > politicians. >
As well as most political action groups. Interesting, it was originally applied to IBM.
/fuhd/ An acronym invented by Gene Amdahl after he left IBM to found his own company: "FUD is the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that IBM sales people instill in the minds of potential customers who might be considering [Amdahl] products." The idea, of course, was to persuade them to go with safe IBM gear rather than with competitors' equipment. This implicit coercion was traditionally accomplished by promising that Good Things would happen to people who stuck with IBM, but Dark Shadows loomed over the future of competitors' equipment or software.
Interesting.
Prior to finding out the real definition, I figured it was "F***ed Up Doctrine"...
Seems to work in a lot of cases, too..
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What is FUD?
Popular.
You didn't know the sales guys at IBM left to become Politians after the 1987 collapse ?
I thought it meant F___ing Useless Drivel ;}
...sound of a crashing rocket made with Elmer's glue...
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
Generally used in the context of sales techniques.
Hence Tripoli, Aerotech, monopoly.
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