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From: adamm@necis.UUCP (Adam S. Moskowitz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: tcpdump on 4.3 Reno?
Message-ID: <1368@necis.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jul 90 20:10:37 GMT
References: <16330@ucsd.Edu>
Organization: NEC Technologies, Boxborough, MA
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In article <16330@ucsd.Edu>, brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) wrote:
} In article <9007271758.AA13923@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
J.Crowcroft@CS.UCL.AC.UK (Jon Crowcroft) writes:
}} btw. 'scuse my ignorance, but what is the origin of the 'tahoe', 'reno'
}} naming scheme - is't simply placenames?
} 
} "Tahoe' was the model name of the CCI system that they had to port the
} 4.3 system to . . .

True enough.

} I'm told that the newer one is called 'Reno' because running it is 
} taking a real gamble.  Snicker.

The story, as I heard it from the nameless gradual student who claims to have
though of the name "4.3-Reno" (and a slightly inebriated but reliable BSD
hacker verified this), was that it's all a joke. Reno is the next town north
of Tahoe on I-80 hence the name.

Reveal my sources? Never! Could I be wrong? Sure - I was slightly inebriated
at the time the story was told to me. :-)

AdamM
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