21st Challenge No. 32

Credos of the high-tech world -- unencrypted!

Lurking in every company's name is an acronym, intentional or otherwise. In this Challenge, we're interested in the "otherwise."

Readers are invited to crack the acronymic code of any well-known high-tech firm and, by so doing, unlock its corporate credo.

We welcome up to three original submissions from each entrant.

E X A M P L E

Money
Is
Cherished!
Retaliate
Often!
Steal
Only
Finest
Talent!

R U L E S

Send your submissions via e-mail only to salon21st@salon.com. Please include your full name and an accurate e-mail address so we can contact you if you're a winner. By submitting your entry you give Salon Technology permission to publish it. Deadline for entries is April 3, 2000.

P R I Z E S

The winning response will receive a copy of Salon Technology senior correspondent Andrew Leonard's book, "Bots: The Origin of New Species."

In two weeks we'll publish a winner and some selected entries -- then start over a couple of weeks after that with a whole new challenge.

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