From None Thu Mar 29 12:39:57 1990 From: None To: tuhs@tuhs.org Subject: None Date: Thu, 29 Mar 1990 12:39:57 +0000 Message-ID: <165284512598.175774.16164257521507749336.generated@newmin.tuhs.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5949066786718860945==" --===============5949066786718860945== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 90 20:47:42 CST Received: from sage.cc.purdue.edu by arthur.cs.purdue.edu = (5.61/PURDUE_CS-1.2) id ; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 -0500 Received: by sage.cc.purdue.edu (5.61/1.14) id AA23901; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:59 -0500 From: mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu (Michael J Spitzer) Message-Id: <9003290239.AA23901(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu> To: bob(a)cs.purdue.edu Subject: Heheh... Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 -0500 Status: R To: dmr(a)research.att.com Subject: "Oregano" and Unix wizards Date: Wed, 28 Mar 90 18:14:57 -0500 From: mjs =20 Dennis, As you may know, Unitech Software Inc. has been distributing "Unix Magic" posters at recent Usenix conferences. The poster shows a wizard that looks kinda like you mixing various Unix tools together to make a potion of some sort. The only thing that isn't obviously some sort of pun on an aspect of Unix is a canister labeled Oregano in the foreground of the picture. Is there some significance behind this, other than the obvious "oregano" double meaning? Did you guys really use "oregano" to help drum up your creativity for the original Unix development? Just curious. -mjs - - - - - - - - Return-Path: dmr(a)research.att.com --===============5949066786718860945==-- From dmr@research.att.com Wed May 18 03:38:46 2022 From: dmr@research.att.com To: tuhs@tuhs.org Subject: re: "Oregano" and Unix wizards Date: Wed, 28 Mar 1990 21:22:25 -0500 Message-ID: <9003290227.AA21912@sage.cc.purdue.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4729581897884172595==" --===============4729581897884172595== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The significance of its appearance is unknown to me. Perhaps it is a Berkeley addition? Dennis --Apple-Mail=_90ADF7E0-EE8E-4984-9710-CD16708E7D52 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg

=46rom = mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu Wed Mar 28 20:47:44 = 1990
Received:= from arthur.cs.purdue.edu by oddjob.uchicago.edu = Wed, 28 Mar 90 20:47:42 CST
Received:= from sage.cc.purdue.edu by arthur.cs.purdue.edu = (5.61/PURDUE_CS-1.2)
  =   id <AA02152(a)arthur.cs.purdue.edu>; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 = -0500
Received:= by sage.cc.purdue.edu (5.61/1.14)
    id AA23901; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:59 = -0500
From: = mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu (Michael J = Spitzer)
Message-Id: <9003290239.AA23901(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu>
To: bob(a)cs.purdue.edu
Subject: = Heheh...
Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 -0500
Status: = R


To: dmr(a)research.att.com
Subject: = "Oregano" and Unix wizards
Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 18:14:57 -0500
From: = mjs

  

Dennis,

As you = may know, Unitech Software Inc. has been distributing = "Unix
Magic" = posters at recent Usenix conferences.  The poster shows = a
wizard = that looks kinda like you mixing various Unix tools together = to
make a = potion of some sort.  The only thing that isn't obviously = some
sort of = pun on an aspect of Unix is a canister labeled Oregano in = the
foreground of the picture.

Is there some significance behind this, other than the = obvious
"oregano"= double meaning?  Did you guys really use "oregano" to = help
drum up = your creativity for the original Unix development?

Just curious.

  =       -mjs

- - - - = - - - -

Return-Path: dmr(a)research.att.com
Received:= from inet.att.com by sage.cc.purdue.edu = (5.61/1.14)
  =   id AA21912; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:27:13 -0500
Message-Id: <9003290227.AA21912(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu>
From: dmr(a)research.att.com
Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:22:25 EST
To: mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu
Subject: = re: "Oregano" and Unix wizards

The = significance of its appearance is unknown to me.
Perhaps it is a Berkeley addition?

    Dennis





= --Apple-Mail=_90ADF7E0-EE8E-4984-9710-CD16708E7D52-- --===============4729581897884172595==--