Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ukma!nrl-cmf!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!pixar!fishkin From: fishkin@pixar.UUCP (Ken Fishkin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX NAME ABBREVIATIONS Message-ID: <1192@pixar.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:29:38 EST Article-I.D.: pixar.1192 Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:29:38 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 03:12:10 EST References: <18799@bbn.COM> <199@wright.EDU> Reply-To: fishkin@pixar.UUCP (Ken Fishkin) Organization: Pixar -- Marin County, California Lines: 9 In article <199@wright.EDU> jsloan@wright.EDU (John Sloan) writes: >biff. Several months later a letter appeared by someone claiming >to be the original author of biff, stating that the program was >named after their dog. In the fall of '82, the Grad/Faculty/Staff bulletin board had a picture of a dog named "Biff Studworth"; his .plan, I believe, was "Mail delivery systems". -- Ken Fishkin ..ucbvax!pixar!fishkin