[9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Christoph Lohmann]

Good morning.

According to unnamed sources will the Bell Labs move to France, due to
the merge of Lucent and Alcatel. To make the integration of the Bell Labs
into the french environment as easy as possible will it be renamed to
Frog Labs. "We followed the sarcastic history of the Labs and showed our
appreciation to our marketing people.", said a Bell Labs employee. Main
projects of Lucent will be renamed, like Plan 9 to Systeme 9. Glenda is
too anglo-american and will be replaced with "Maurice la grenouille"[0].
Other rumors say, that the main 9fans language will be forced to French,
but that was on IRC ...

Sincerely,

Christoph

[0] http://www.r-36.net/Maurice.jpg

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[lucio]

> too anglo-american and will be replaced with "Maurice la grenouille"[0].

I'm astounded Maurice still has his hind legs.

++L

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Mathieu L.]

Hehe good one :P

On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> Good morning.
>
> According to unnamed sources will the Bell Labs move to France, due to
> the merge of Lucent and Alcatel. To make the integration of the Bell Labs
> into the french environment as easy as possible will it be renamed to
> Frog Labs. "We followed the sarcastic history of the Labs and showed our
> appreciation to our marketing people.", said a Bell Labs employee. Main
> projects of Lucent will be renamed, like Plan 9 to Systeme 9. Glenda is
> too anglo-american and will be replaced with "Maurice la grenouille"[0].
> Other rumors say, that the main 9fans language will be forced to French,
> but that was on IRC ...
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Christoph
>
> [0] http://www.r-36.net/Maurice.jpg

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Brantley Coile]

>From my experience, switching to a 35 hour work week is going
to be a problem for most of the 1127 folks.  What are they
going to do with the other 35 hours they used to spend working?

Still, the food might improve.

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Bruce Ellis]

when lucent / alcatel were talking there would be some
disturbing loud utterances of "alcatel, alcatel.  do you get
wafers with it?" in the unix room.  guilty as charged, it was
mostly dhog and me.

brucee

On 4/2/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
> >From my experience, switching to a 35 hour work week is going
> to be a problem for most of the 1127 folks.  What are they
> going to do with the other 35 hours they used to spend working?
>
> Still, the food might improve.

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Dan Cross]

On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> Good morning.

Too transparant.  Try again next year!

	- Dan C.

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Brantley Coile]

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That's why I do all my April fool's joke on July 27th.

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From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:52:33 -0500
Message-ID: <20060401195233.GG9931@augusta.math.psu.edu>

On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> Good morning.

Too transparant.  Try again next year!

	- Dan C.

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Bruce Ellis]

but do you get wafers with it?  (bloody sea bird).

On 4/2/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
> That's why I do all my April fool's joke on July 27th.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
> Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:52:33 -0500
> Subject: Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> > Good morning.
>
> Too transparant.  Try again next year!
>
>        - Dan C.
>
>
>

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Brantley Coile]

Of course you don't get bloody wafers with it!...  Albatros!!  Get your
Albatros!!


Bruce Ellis wrote:
> but do you get wafers with it?  (bloody sea bird).
>
> On 4/2/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
>
>>That's why I do all my April fool's joke on July 27th.
>>
>>
>>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
>>To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
>>Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:52:33 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France
>>On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
>>
>>>Good morning.
>>
>>Too transparant.  Try again next year!
>>
>>       - Dan C.
>>
>>
>>

Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France

[Bruce Ellis]

it mattered little.  we almost never ate sea-bird, and never dessert.

ALCATEL!

brucee

On 4/3/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
> Of course you don't get bloody wafers with it!...  Albatros!!  Get your
> Albatros!!
>
>
> Bruce Ellis wrote:
> > but do you get wafers with it?  (bloody sea bird).
> >
> > On 4/2/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
> >
> >>That's why I do all my April fool's joke on July 27th.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>From: Dan Cross <cross@math.psu.edu>
> >>To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
> >>Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 14:52:33 -0500
> >>Subject: Re: [9fans] Bell Labs moving to France
> >>On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 07:25:56AM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
> >>
> >>>Good morning.
> >>
> >>Too transparant.  Try again next year!
> >>
> >>       - Dan C.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>