[TUHS] Who said ...

arnold at skeeve.com arnold at skeeve.com
Wed Sep 1 23:57:01 AEST 2021


It was DMR who said

	Using TSO is like kicking a dead whale along a beach.

My orginal quote about the diagnostics is correct, I'm pretty sure.

Thanks,

Arnold

Clem Cole <clemc at ccc.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> I suspect a grep of some type on some extremely old net.noise archives of
> the late 1970s/early 1980s might find it.
>
>>>
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 9:31 AM <arnold at skeeve.com> wrote:
>
> > ...
> >         DEC Diagnositcs would run on a beached whale
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Anyone remember and/or know?
> >
> > (It seems to apply to other manufacturer's diagnostics as well, even
> > today.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Arnold
> >


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