Date: Tue, 07 Oct 1997 03:34:27 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Chuck image being used in a sex ad Message-ID: <28148.876220467@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 1997 19:03:55 %2B0930." <19971007190355.52064@lemis.com>
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> We've discussed this a number of times already. Kirk claims that it
> was a "Walnut Creek marketing droid" who invented the name Chuck. A
> number of the FreeBSD people, I think including Jordan, claim that the
> name has been around a lot longer, and that de facto, his name *is*
> Chuck.
I first heard him called Chuck back in 1985 sometime, at UCB. My
first reaction was also "*what?*" since it seemed a strange name
indeed for an imp with sneakers, but it's sort of grown on my since
then. Having to say "the bsd daemon" when referring to the little guy
is a bit heavy on the d's and I think he started getting called Chuck
more for convenience than anything else ("pick something short"). :)
Jordan
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