Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:10:04 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Freddie Cash <fcash@bigfoot.com> Cc: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Under FreeBSD it just works :) Message-ID: <20000106181004.A326@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <200001060654.WAA25010@ocis.ocis.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001051405110.25327-100000@hydrant.intranov <3.0.6.32.20000105191207.00810e50@mail85.pair.com> <200001060654.WAA25010@ocis.ocis.net>
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On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 10:57:57PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote:
> > At 14:05 05-01-2000 -0500, Omachonu Ogali wrote:
> > >Also codenamed Chicago at one point. (Who comes up with these names
> > >anyway?)
>
> > I wonder if that was a subtle joke by some prankster inside MS. Chicago is
> > nicknamed the Windy City. By naming Windows Chicago, MS has implied their
> > software would be often hit by winds blowing from all directions. :-)
>
> Either that, or you'd be able to hear the wind blowing through all the
> holes in the system. :-)
>
The association with gangsters & racketeers springs to my mind:)
> Freddie
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