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Re: DAK Commands for Bikesheds



On 14068 March 1977, Ian Jackson wrote:
> It's a lovely joke but unfortunately the word `bikeshed' already means
> something else in a computer/geeky context.  So these things
> shouldn't be called bikesheds for the same reason that a computer
> shouldn't be called `down' or `internet'.
> If we want to have a punny name, they could be called some other kind
> of shed or hut or something.
> Sorry to spoil the fun.

Or this could simply stop.

Unless someone objecting suddenly contributes a big pile of code to it,
it simply will be bikeshed as the name.

-- 
bye, Joerg
Somebody COULD get hurt … COULD … but chances are they won’t.


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