On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 10:21, Norman Wilson wrote: > Clem Cole: > > I believe the line was: *"running **DEC Diagnostics is like kicking a > dead > whale down the beach.*" > As for who said it, I'm not sure, but I think it was someone like Rob > Kolstad or Henry Spencer. > > ===== > > The nearest I can remember encountering before was a somewhat > different quote, attributed to Steve Johnson: > > Running TSO is like kicking a dead whale down the beach. > > Since scj is on this list, maybe he can confirm that part. > > Here's a Feb '85 net.unix thread that (eventually) attributes this to Steve: https://groups.google.com/g/net.unix/c/jq4KtffXZuI/m/2aTQBUYPyRsJ -Henry