> Joe Geiser shared his logon udc with us:
>
> > sysudc
> > option logon
> > setvar hpprompt "Wally: "
> > setvar hppath "!HPGROUP,PUB,PUB.SYS,UTIL.SYS,ARPA.SYS"
> > ***
> <snip>
> > That helps a lot when one is DSLINE-ing between systems.

To which Patrick Santucci (thank goodness for cut-and-paste; no way I could
spell that correctly) replied:

> You have a system named 'Wally'? What are your others named, Dilbert &
> Alice? Or maybe Dogbert, Catbert, Ratbert and PHB?
>
> Patrick, who inherited systems named A, B, C, D, etc...

I *hate* names like A, B, C, D, E, etc.  They lead to phone conversations
like this:

Night operator (at 2am): System C is down.
Me (groggily): System D is down?
Night operator: No, System C!
Me: Oh, System E!
etc.

Michael's rule for system names: they should NOT RYME!


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