A little history lesson from J. on "open the kimono." For more on Mr. Porat and his daily use of other words and phrases, please contact him directly.

From: "J. Eric Townsend"
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 18:19:36 -0700 (PDT)
To: teeth@buzzkiller.net
Subject: 'open the kimono'

just a fyi: 'open the kimono' was in regular use back in '93-'94 in
silicon valley. Marc Porat (ex of Apple, CEO of General Magic)
probably used it once a day.