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Re: "Unix" in Spain protecting people



On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 16:25 +0000, James Tappin wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:14:30 +0100
> Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > I was in Spain a few weeks ago.  In a dark corridor to my hotel room, I
> > found a rare (?) version of Unix protecting people.
> > 
> >   http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/unix-to-rescue.jpg
> >   (Too dark to take nice picture without flash.)
> > 
> > This is, I am sure, well known thing for Spanish, but why is the fire
> > extinguisher called Unix.  Just curious.
> 
> Just like in Britain you can clean your floors with a Vax:-)

Yes, and we in Switzerland wash our clothes with Linux...

http://www.roesch-swiss.ch/de/detergent/L-neu!LinuxVollwaschmittel.htm

cheers,
Hp.
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