From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 13401 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2020 13:56:39 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Dec 2020 13:56:39 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 6E9E89C830; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:56:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561589C823; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:56:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CA29B9C823; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:56:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mercury.lcs.mit.edu (mercury.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.122]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61CDD9C821 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:56:01 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Postfix, from userid 11178) id 2674218C08B; Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:56:00 -0500 (EST) To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-Id: <20201218135600.2674218C08B@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:56:00 -0500 (EST) From: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu (Noel Chiappa) Subject: Re: [TUHS] History of the UNIX Beard X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: jnc@mercury.lcs.mit.edu Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" > From: Tyler Adams > We all know and love the UNIX beard, but I can't find anything on how > the beards started other than an old photo of Ken and Dennis I'm not sure the term is Unix-specific. At a fairly early stage, people who worked on the ARPANET/Internet (when PDP-10's were still the 'usual' host, and Unix systems were just starting to beceome common) were jokingly known as 'network grey-beards': the prototypical one being Jon Postel. (Vint Verf's beard was too tidy to qualify, IIRC!) Noel