Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site ciprico.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!mmm!ciprico!dan From: dan@ciprico.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Re: Shell Shock or Why Shell Message-ID: <4200002@ciprico.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:31:00 EST Article-I.D.: ciprico.4200002 Posted: Tue Dec 18 15:31:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 02:43:08 EST References: <202@psivax.UUCP> Lines: 5 Nf-ID: #R:psivax:-20200:ciprico:4200002: 0:243 Nf-From: ciprico!dan Dec 18 14:31:00 1984 I've heard that the terminology "shell" is a result of some of the very early UNIX research being funded by Shell the oil company. Has anyone else heard this? Can someone verify that Shell did indeed fund some Bell Labs work? -Dan A. Dickey