[TUHS] Who said ...

[Henry Bent]

On Wed, 1 Sept 2021 at 10:21, Norman Wilson <norman at 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.
>
> =====
>
> 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
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