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rob pike

This link captures the confusion about how to pronounce "fsck":

lwn.net/Articles/190223/

Here's the truth. Ted Kowalski, username frodo, may he rest in peace, was the original author, just down the hall from my office in Murray Hill, and his name for the program had a 'u' where there is now an 's'. Management made him change it for distribution, but they couldn't make him change his pronunciation.

lwn.netThe 2006 Linux Filesystems Workshop (Part II) [LWN.net]
Kee Hinckley

@robpike @jdp23 Extremely tangential, but this reminded me of it. Do you know who the Unix sysadmin was at Murray Hill whose handle was “god”? I’m not sure I ever knew their actual name. Would have been summer of ‘81 when I was an intern there.

rob pike

@nazgul @jdp23 Yes, I did, but his other name escapes me (as do most). Something Hartwell maybe? Sorry.

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Kee Hinckley

@robpike @jdp23 Thanks. No problem, just curious. And yes, I still run into that issue of knowing someone more by their handle than their name.

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Kee Hinckley

@peterhoneyman That does ring a bell. Thanks.

Edit: Confirmed via LinkedIn.

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