Naming of Systems

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Sat Oct 19 11:09:01 2002

  I was default sysop of a pair of Sydis voice-phone-data Unix systems
back when I was a product manager at a Large Non-Bell California Phone
Company. I called 'em Godzilla and Rodan. Not uncommon to get a phone
call : "Hey, I think Godzilla just puked.."


  Earlier, (speaking of Molecular Computers) we sold two of them to a
company who did insurance back-office processing. Their resident Geeks
named them Pokey and Gumby, and when a user logged into the system, an
ASCII-art graphic of the relevant character was displayed on the
splash-screen.

 None of the above machines were made from Pre-Bomb Steel, BTW.

 Cheers

John
Received on Sat Oct 19 2002 - 11:09:01 BST