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From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: Cerulean Data
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:31:06 GMT

In article <44720@netnews.upenn.edu>, tfarring@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tim Farrington) writes:
>
>Does anyone know why there is a file on the sys7 disks called Cerulean data?
>I know it has system resources in it, but why the name Cerulean Data?
>Just Wondering

I don't have a dictionary handy for the -exact- definition, but
"cerulean" is a color the shade of sky-blue.  System 7, in it's
infancy, was known by the code name "Blue".  Programmers on the System
7 project (such as the frequently-posting Dean Yu) were known as "Blue
Meanies".  There is a SND that System 7 installs called "Indigo."

All-in-all, it's due to the project being code-named "Blue."

Me, I want to know why the same file was called "Chocolate Data" in
one of the beta releases... <grin>

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