User Naming Practices?

Kymermosst asks: "Recently, this post was made to comp.sys.sun.misc, and sparked a large debate on the subject of usernames. What standardized user-naming schemes are used out in the 'real world,' if any? Has any company's scheme become a security risk due to its predictability? Were any benefits gained by using any particular system?"

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I have the answer.

[His name cannot be s]

I've often wrestled with this too.

One company I've workded for was quite good about comming up with the usernames for people, and keeping them unique:

use up to 4 characters of their last name+the last 4 digits of their social security number.

Works great. Everyone can remember their own, and I've never seen a duplicate. (sera7492)

!S