[BC] Why is it this way?

[Robert Orban]

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At 06:22 PM 5/6/2008, you wrote:
>I've heard that it's IBM's fault that I can't have the hyphen in my 
>name on an airline ticket, and you can't have apostrophe in your 
>name if it' O'Something.  And that bugs me, it's my legal name, it 
>appears that way on some documents, like my Passport and Driver's 
>license (although I had to threaten one state with legal action in 
>order to have it).
>
>And why, when I go to a drop down window for an alphabetic search, 
>dose the word starting with the search letter appear at the bottom 
>of the list, with all the items beginning with the previous letter, 
>which I don't care about, visible above.
>
>That really drives me nuts, is that an IBMism, too?  Sort of a 
>millennium bug type legacy?
>
>I know hyphens caused VT100's to work in certain ways, the hyphen 
>was to go to the next block (I think).  But VT100's have been 
>obsolete for years (I hope).
>
>Maybe Richard B.can shed some light on the whys and wherefores?
>
>Or maybe I should get a job writing for Andy Rooney. (In fact when I 
>edited this my mind was reading it in Andy Rooney's voice).
>
>Linc
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