[TUHS] SCCS roach motel

andrew at humeweb.com andrew at humeweb.com
Tue Dec 17 10:21:47 AEST 2024


indeed, it was.

> On Dec 13, 2024, at 2:33 PM, Norman Wilson <norman at 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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