Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Bob Nielsen wrote:

: On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Michael Stutz wrote:
: 
: > On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Martin Schulze wrote:
: > 
: > > On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 02:33:50AM +0100, Pancho Horrillo wrote:
: > > > Hi!
: > > > 
: > > > I have a silly question: What does 'bo' stand for in Debian
: > > > distribution tree? Binary Something?
: > > 
: > > Bo is a character from the film 'Toy Story'.
: > 
: > And what about "hamm"? Didn't see explanations for either in the FAQ --
: > would that be a good addition? 
: 
: Hamm is another character (a piggy bank).  Also rex, a dinosaur.

... and of course buzz (lightyear).

(Yes, this would all be good FAQ stuff, under "lore" :)

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Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Michael Stutz wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Martin Schulze wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 02:33:50AM +0100, Pancho Horrillo wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > > 
> > >   I have a silly question: What does 'bo' stand for in Debian
> > > distribution tree? Binary Something?
> > 
> > Bo is a character from the film 'Toy Story'.
> 
> And what about "hamm"? Didn't see explanations for either in the FAQ --
> would that be a good addition? 

Hamm is another character (a piggy bank).  Also rex, a dinosaur.


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Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Michael Stutz
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Martin Schulze wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 02:33:50AM +0100, Pancho Horrillo wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I have a silly question: What does 'bo' stand for in Debian
> > distribution tree? Binary Something?
> 
> Bo is a character from the film 'Toy Story'.

And what about "hamm"? Didn't see explanations for either in the FAQ --
would that be a good addition? 

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Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Geoff Kuchera
According to Pancho Horrillo:
>
>Hi!
>
>   I have a silly question: What does 'bo' stand for in Debian
>distribution tree? Binary Something?
>
>   Thanx for your support
>
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A very good question:  bo stands for bo as in bo peep a character from Toy
Story.  These names were chosen as Bruce P. works for Pixar creaters of
Toy Story...


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Re: What does 'bo' stand for?

1997-12-29 Thread Martin Schulze
On Mon, Dec 29, 1997 at 02:33:50AM +0100, Pancho Horrillo wrote:
> Hi!
> 
>   I have a silly question: What does 'bo' stand for in Debian
> distribution tree? Binary Something?

Bo is a character from the film 'Toy Story'.

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Joey

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