1 Sep
2021
1 Sep
'21
8:29 p.m.
On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 10:21, Norman Wilson <norman(a)oclsc.org> 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.
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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