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From: heller@shell.UUCP (Don Heller)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Re: Shell Shock or Why Shell
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Date: Sun, 30-Dec-84 11:10:50 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec 30 11:10:50 1984
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> 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

We like a good chuckle here at Shell.  Oh, if it were only true...

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Don Heller
Physics and Computer Science Dept.
Shell Development Company
Houston, Texas

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