Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2003 18:26:36 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, "Gary W. Swearingen" <underway@comcast.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More trivia: origin of the wheel group Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20031221182420.03d16fc8@localhost> In-Reply-To: <3FE63E95.2020201@potentialtech.com> References: <3FE500F4.3060108@potentialtech.com> <o9vfo9930c.fo9@mail.comcast.net> <3FE63E95.2020201@potentialtech.com>
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At 05:45 PM 12/21/2003, Bill Moran wrote: >Interesting. I can't remember ever hearing the term "Big wheel" before. >Perhaps it's some local slang that is seldom used in western Pennsylvania? No, it's a very common term and definitely pre-dates computers as we know them. As for the origin of the group name: Yes, it came from the DECSystem-10/20 culture, where "wheel" was shorthand for "administrator." --Brett Glass
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