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How should “The Cloud” be capitalized?
"We are migrating our core systems into (1) The Cloud ... or (2) the cloud ... or (3) the Cloud???"
I've googled (Googled?) this and found the usual range of differing opinions but as yet no ...
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Looking for a technical term that goes hand in hand with the strategy used in the joke [closed]
Here's the joke:
Tom's Dad:(in Bill Gates's office) My son Tom wants to marry your daughter. Are you interested?
Bill: No, my daughter is still too young.
Tom's Dad: What if my son is a VP at ...
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Why “line of business” applications?
In software, why do we talk about line-of-business applications (sometimes abbreviated to LOB)? Why not just business applications?
So it's useful to distinguish between general software (like email ...
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What is a one-person business called?
I'm wondering what is the term for the person, that is doing business on his/her own and has tax liability. It's different in each country, I'd like to know how they are called in USA and UK.