[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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