From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: scj@yaccman.com (scj@yaccman.com)
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 12:41:05 -0700
Subject: [TUHS] A repository with 44 years of Unix evolution gets the
 MSR '15 Best Data Showcase Award
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There was a story, perhaps apocryphal, that Sam Morgan once told a caller
"Hold on.  I'll transfer you to the Unix room.  One of the boys up there
can help you..."


>> > an honorary Unixian.
>
>> Did that term actually have currency in the Elder Days, or did you
>> make it up just now?  I note the comparable term "Multician"
>
> A nonce imitation of "Multician". The Unix room was universally
> known as such, but there was no distinctive moniker for its
> inhabitants.
>
> Doug
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