On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, Philomena put to word:
> um, Mark - I think Damien was referencing the "Ulysses" name, not
> "beta" :-) , hence the literary hint of the Irish author James Joyce who
> wrote "Ulysses"
and that book, an internal parallel to the exiled wanderer of homer's
tale...so yes the reference is likely to the earlier...perhaps picked to
herald mandrake's moving more widely through the world's markets...either
that or one of the programmers has a cat by that name...
frank
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