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I see two instances of the rootcow in these sceeenshots. I had assumed rootcow was specifically a Berkeley thing circa the 90s. Was it a broader phenomenon?
by rahimiali 6y ago
I see two instances of the rootcow in these sceeenshots. I had assumed rootcow was specifically a Berkeley thing circa the 90s. Was it a broader phenomenon?
- Lammy 6y agoI imagine that person's shell profile pipes fortune to cowsay: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowsay
- rahimiali 6y agoIndeed the link to the archived web page from that wiki page confirms this originated in Berkeley (the link to tmonroe’s page). It’s nice to see that it made it widely.