[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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