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# Paul Boutin

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Paul Boutin was an American magazine writer and editor who wrote about technology in a pop-culture context.

##  Quotes by Paul Boutin

> [There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-boutin/there-are-only-17-000-three-letter-acronyms/)

[Paul Boutin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-boutin/)

[Acronyms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acronyms/)

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> [Unlike the phone system, the Internet has no Ma Bell or FCC to mandate new policies for the entire system. Not even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-boutin/unlike-the-phone-system-the-internet-has-no-ma-bell-or-fcc-to-mandate/)

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[Bells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bells/)

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> [What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90's? There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-boutin/what-do-you-think-will-be-the-biggest-problem-in-computing-in-the-90/)

[Paul Boutin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-boutin/)

[Acronyms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acronyms/)

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