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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 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><a href=3D"https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg" = class=3D"">https://i.imgur.com/qMN1are.jpg</a><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, = 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">=46rom = <a href=3D"mailto:mjs@sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu</a> Wed Mar 28 20:47:44 = 1990</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Received:= from <a href=3D"http://arthur.cs.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">arthur.cs.purdue.edu</a> by <a = href=3D"http://oddjob.uchicago.edu" class=3D"">oddjob.uchicago.edu</a> = Wed, 28 Mar 90 20:47:42 CST</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Received:= from <a href=3D"http://sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">sage.cc.purdue.edu</a> by <a = href=3D"http://arthur.cs.purdue.edu" class=3D"">arthur.cs.purdue.edu</a> = (5.61/PURDUE_CS-1.2)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, = 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">  =   id <<a href=3D"mailto:AA02152@arthur.cs.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">AA02152(a)arthur.cs.purdue.edu</a>>; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 = -0500</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Received:= by <a href=3D"http://sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">sage.cc.purdue.edu</a> (5.61/1.14)</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">    id AA23901; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:59 = -0500</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">From: = <a href=3D"mailto:mjs@sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu</a> (Michael J = Spitzer)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Message-Id: <<a = href=3D"mailto:9003290239.AA23901@sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">9003290239.AA23901(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu</a>></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">To: <a href=3D"mailto:bob@cs.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">bob(a)cs.purdue.edu</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Subject: = Heheh...</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:39:57 -0500</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Status: = R</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: = normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:dmr@research.att.com" = class=3D"">dmr(a)research.att.com</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; = color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Subject: = "Oregano" and Unix wizards</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 18:14:57 -0500</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">From: = mjs</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: = normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><p style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">  </span><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Dennis,</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: = 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, = 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">As you = may know, Unitech Software Inc. has been distributing = "Unix</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Magic" = posters at recent Usenix conferences.  The poster shows = a</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: = normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">wizard = that looks kinda like you mixing various Unix tools together = to</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: = normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">make a = potion of some sort.  The only thing that isn't obviously = some</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">sort of = pun on an aspect of Unix is a canister labeled Oregano in = the</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: = normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">foreground of the picture.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; = color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: = 16px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures" class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Is there some significance behind this, other than the = obvious</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">"oregano"= double meaning?  Did you guys really use "oregano" to = help</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">drum up = your creativity for the original Unix development?</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = min-height: 16px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures" class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Just curious.</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">  =       -mjs</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">- - - - = - - - -</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Return-Path: <a href=3D"mailto:dmr@research.att.com" = class=3D"">dmr(a)research.att.com</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; = color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Received:= from <a href=3D"http://inet.att.com" class=3D"">inet.att.com</a> by <a = href=3D"http://sage.cc.purdue.edu" class=3D"">sage.cc.purdue.edu</a> = (5.61/1.14)</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; = line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); = background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">  =   id AA21912; Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:27:13 -0500</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Message-Id: <<a = href=3D"mailto:9003290227.AA21912@sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">9003290227.AA21912(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu</a>></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">From: <a href=3D"mailto:dmr@research.att.com" = class=3D"">dmr(a)research.att.com</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; = color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Date: = Wed, 28 Mar 90 21:22:25 EST</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">To: <a = href=3D"mailto:mjs@sage.cc.purdue.edu" = class=3D"">mjs(a)sage.cc.purdue.edu</a></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; = color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">Subject: = re: "Oregano" and Unix wizards</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; = font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Andale Mono'; color: = rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" class=3D"">The = significance of its appearance is unknown to me.</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">Perhaps it is a Berkeley addition?</span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = min-height: 16px;" class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: = no-common-ligatures" class=3D""></span><br class=3D""></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: = 'Andale Mono'; color: rgb(0, 249, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures" = class=3D"">    Dennis</span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0px; 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