EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 04:58 PM 10/4/03 +0200, you wrote:

>well who can tell me why it IS called Chicken system? Real Chickens have a
>really bad reputation in term of hi-tech, intelligence

Well, I've got to agree with you there. Seen the movie Chicken Run?

>and Friendship.

I was going to say "baloney", but after seeing chickens get along with each 
other, you're right.

The city I live in is home to one of the biggest turkey producers in the 
United States, Jennie-O. (It's the only reason it's on the map. Some of you 
may remember the Jennie-O commercials where they made fun of the City 
(Willmar), Nobody here thought they were funny. But then again, nobody here 
that Fargo was a good movie either.)

When the "toms" (male turkeys) are born, they are debeaked by a microwave 
beam in this little machine. They are debeaked because they'd peck each 
other to death in the barns they are raised in.

(Side note, we wrote software that controls these debeaking machines and 
the reporting mechanisms behind them.)

Seriously, though, in America, where the first thing that comes to mind 
when you say "chicken" is Colonel Sanders, it's a "friendly" term. In the 
South, it's even friendlier.

>> > >Who could trust a company called Chicken System? Are they selling 
>> fast food?
> > Well, if it means anything, it was a step up from our previous name. =)
>What was the previous name? Pankakes Labs? Nudegets Corp.? BullSharks LLC:)

The origination of the name is this: in valiant search of a company name in 
the mid-80's, during which the decade produced a bland assortment of 
creative company and band names, under much study, thought, and 
consideration - all lasting under 30 seconds - we came up with (drum roll) 
"Rubber Chicken Software Co." - featuring "no joke samples." Certainly a 
name that can be trusted with all your valuables and loved ones.

Since then, for a couple reasons, I (me) wanted to get rid of the name due 
to some funny associations that the term "rubber chicken" alludes to that I 
was too naive to realize. (I'm skipping a really funny story about this 
here, for brevity.) However, it was apparent to us that only a small 
minority of persons knew about that association, and the rest (maybe 90%, 
and my associates) loved the name. I even got dates because of it, before I 
was married. (Those are other really funny stories - not the dates - but 
the acquisition of them.)

After 11 years, and during a decade that seemed to spawn more creative 
company and band names, we decided to add a "dba" (doing business as) of 
"Chicken Systems, Inc." (we incorporated)

Now, due to your posts, we'll have to change it yet again. Shoot. =)

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User