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From: pim@mrevox.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: GCOS field
Message-ID: <4400001@mrevox.UUCP>
Date: 30 Nov 88 14:46:00 GMT
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Nf-From: mrevox!pim    Nov 30 09:46:00 1988

Someone just the other day saw the GCOS(GECOS) field
being prompted for and remarked that he hadn't seen
that name for a while. He said that it stood for:

General Electric Computer Operating System

or

General Electric Comprehensive Operating System

It seems far fetched, but interesting.

Paul MacMurdo

pim@mrevox.bellcore.com
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