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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcom.com!netcomsv!resonex!michael From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan) Subject: Re: BSD demon? Message-ID: <1993Aug18.082118.726@resonex.com> Organization: Resonex Inc., Fremont CA References: <CBxK5G.3KB@candle.uucp> <3887@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 08:21:18 GMT Lines: 20 In article <3887@bigfoot.first.gmd.de> gt@first.gmd.de (Gerd Truschinski) writes: >root@candle.uucp (Bruce Momjian) writes: >>What is the history on this? Is it a play on the word daemon? > >And look, he has a 'fork' in his hand, AND he is smiling... Which obviously means that BSD is actually a satanic cult, and we should all shun it (and any variants) in favor of the One True Unix, the Almighty System V. In fact, if you look hard enough, I'm certain you could find interpretations in the Book of Revelations that indicate that an evil pretender to the Unix throne shall arise, and sway many people away from the True Word of the Holy Unix.... ;-) -- Michael Bryan michael@resonex.com +1 510 249 9600 Ext 325 Resonex, Inc. ____ ____ 47911 Westinghouse Dr. \ / \ / Fremont, CA 94539 \/ Hate is not a family value. \/