Nicholas Bodley wrote:

>
> On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:28:24 -0400 (EDT), <phild@...> wrote:
>
> > When I was in college in the 1970s, we were taught
> > to put the slash on the letter O and leave the zero
> > alone. But everyone else seemed to slash the zero.
>
> I think IBM decided ot do it differently from everyone else; back then,
> IBM was "the company to dislike", but it has changed radically, and as far
> as I can tell, become really decent.

Back then there was a saying, "No matter how well
established a standard is, IBM can redefine it."

--Ph. D.