From: "andrew@humeweb.com" <andrew@humeweb.com>
To: Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: SCCS roach motel
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:21:47 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E5C5E4E4-8977-4C8B-805F-37FF6274CB52@humeweb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9838D982B117AE37BCEE88BCF8421F2D.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org>
indeed, it was.
> On Dec 13, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Norman Wilson <norman@oclsc.org> wrote:
>
> Rob Pike:
>
> According to the Unix room fortunes file, the actual quote is
>
> SCCS: the source-code motel -- your code checks in but it never checks out. Ken Thompson
>
> ====
>
> As a Unix-room-culture aside: I believe this quote was what
> inspired Andrew Hume to call his backup system the File Motel.
>
> Norman Wilson
> Toronto ON
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2024-12-13 22:33 Norman Wilson
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2024-12-13 22:57 Norman Wilson
2024-12-13 23:19 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 23:38 ` Warner Losh
2024-12-14 0:53 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 16:52 [TUHS] " Marc Rochkind
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2024-12-13 17:58 ` [TUHS] " Marc Rochkind
2024-12-13 21:09 ` Dan Cross
2024-12-14 1:11 ` Marc Rochkind
2024-12-14 1:27 ` Dan Cross
2024-12-14 1:39 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-14 6:20 ` Marc Rochkind
2024-12-14 1:38 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 18:06 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 18:32 ` Marc Rochkind
2024-12-13 18:39 ` Marc Rochkind
2024-12-13 18:49 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 18:55 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 19:55 ` Henry Bent
2024-12-14 18:29 ` arnold
2024-12-14 18:59 ` Larry McVoy
2024-12-13 21:46 ` Clem Cole
2024-12-13 21:22 ` Rob Pike
2024-12-13 21:27 ` Rob Pike
2024-12-13 21:37 ` Aron Insinga
2024-12-13 21:40 ` Aron Insinga
2024-12-14 0:37 ` Luther Johnson
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