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From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould)
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Subject: Re: OS INFO POST
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> > One last thing, the literary award of the season goes to John Muth at
> > [Amdahl] for comparing MVS to "kicking a dead whale down the beach".
> 
> I thank Dave for the compliment, however I must make two minor
> corrections.
> 
> 1) I wish I had originated the comparision of MVS to "kicking a dead
>    whale down the beach". This saying had been around for a number
>    of years before I heard it.
> -- 
> 				John Muth

The original, by Steve Johnson (I believe), was "TSO is like kicking
a dead whale down the beach".

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