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-- [ From: Peter W. Gofton * EMC.Ver #2.5.03 ] --
 
Evan wrote:
>How come none of the various past and present owners of Unix has ever
>marketed hot dogs?  I'd really like to be able to go down to the
supermarket
>and pick up a package of Unix Weenies...
>
Winston wrote:
>It probably has something to do with the fact that Eunuchs don't have
>weenies.
 
Wirt writes:
>I don't want to ruin a good joke with unnecessary technical detail, but it
>isn't the weenie part that gets cut off when you convert a fully functional
>operating system into a Eunuch.
 
I think you guys are confusing UNIX with the lesser-known variant BOBBIX.
Neither of them has a complete toolset, but BOBBIX is most deficient in its
front-end processing capabilities, although apparently it has recently been
patched to remedy this problem.
 
Peter Gofton, Software Licensing Corp

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