Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!parcvax!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.arch Subject: Re: OS INFO POST Message-ID: <288@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 16:11:08 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.288 Posted: Mon Feb 25 16:11:08 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 06:00:35 EST References: <115@endot.UUCP> <1165@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 18 Xref: watmath net.unix:3806 net.arch:909 > > 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". -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146