On the other hand, if it hadn't been playful and glib about the decisions that led up to PAM as we know it, we might have had fewer of these lovely greybeards p

On the other hand, if it hadn't been playful and glib about the decisions that led up to PAM as we know it, we might have had fewer of these lovely greybeards pop up to teach us some PAM and Unix history in the discussion :) maybe Xe can address their comments in a followup, perhaps even after consulting with them a bit on the project itself