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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods, Software)
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Subject: Re: Unix License plates (Re: unix t-shirts)
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Date: Mon, 30-Nov-87 16:53:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 30 16:53:00 1987
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In article <1783@decuac.DEC.COM>, avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
> Is anyone else feeling old?  I mean it seems like only yesterday, but
> there are a lot of youngsters who are out there, making more money than me 
> probably (:-)) who were just kids when the UNIX plates were made...
> Anyway: At a UNICOMM of a few years back (hey, that dates me, eh?) Armando
> -- one of the handful of UNIX Engineers within DEC at the time (this was
> before ULTRIX and before System III  for that matter) -- wanted to be able
> to say that now you could get a UNIX license from DEC!  
> (Digression for the young'uns:  Used to be you had to buy a PDP or a VAX
> with a DEC operating system license, even if you intended to run UNIX
> on it -- which you couldn't buy from DEC at the time).  So, APS came
> armed with  a bunch of NH lic. plate look-a-likes -- matching his own real
> NH plate -- which Digital gave out in their suite.  
> 
I was a young'un then, but I do remember that UNICOMM -- I also remember
Armando being awarded "The Rubber Chicken Award for having DEC's first UNIX
License" during a talk...

That was also when Lucasfilm came out and gave a talk about UNIX at Lucasfilm
(I believe they hadn't spawned ILM yet, even, but I'm not quite sure) entitled
"<serious title I don't remember>, Or, Does Darth Vader Code In C?"

The official answer was "No, he codes in FORTRAN under VMS!"

(Gee, remember when UNIX conventions actually taught you something!  Now
THAT'S really showing one's age...)

--
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