[NBLUG/talk] Ob-X WAS: Re: FYI... "IBM and Canonical Launch Linux- and Cloud-based Desktop Software in the U.S."

Scott Doty scott at ponzo.net
Mon Oct 26 20:28:48 PDT 2009


On 10/26/2009 01:42 PM, Troy Arnold wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:57:29AM -0700, Scrappy Laptop wrote:
>   
>
>> Any ideas if obquote/ob-hack/ob-xyz goes back any further?  Anyone have
>> other items of interest or memories around this meme?
>>     
> That's a good question.  Google's (Deja's)  usenet archive doesn't find anything pre
> 2000, but I know this practice is older that that.
>   

I first saw it on Usenet in the 90's, but I don't remember exactly where.

("ob" being short for "obligatory", but you already knew that. :)

 -Scott




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