[Info-vax] Cluster Nomenclature

[Rich Jordan]

On Mar 5, 7:49 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Alan Frisbie wrote:
> > jayne.aub... at gmail.com wrote:
>
> >> At home I went with science fiction authors for OpenVMS systems so I
> >> have Asimov, Blish, Clarke, Gordon (Dickson), JudyL and Lester
> >> (DelRey), Niven, Pohl and Zelazny.  OS/X systems get Elvish names:
> >> Galadriel, Arwen, Legolas, Elrond, Celeborn.  Everything else gets
> >> boring functional names.
>
> > I went with evil characters from Lord Of The Rings: Balrog,
> > Sauron, Smaug, Gollum, Nazgul.   I seem to have run out of
> > them, so I am switching to insulting names starting with "S".
> > The first (an Alpha XP1000) is Slug.   Next up will be Slime,
> > Slut, or Skunk.
>
> > Alan
>
> Be sure to include "SCUM"

Insulting names are reserved for wintel boxes where I work and play.
Drives the windows weenies nuts.