14 Dec
2024
14 Dec
'24
4:33 a.m.
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
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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
17 Dec
17 Dec
6:21 a.m.
New subject: SCCS roach motel
indeed, it was.
On Dec 13, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Norman Wilson
<norman(a)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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