"Watchdogs"

[David Hitz]

In article <271 at csed-47.csed-1.UUCP> roskos at csed-1.UUCP (Eric Roskos) writes:
>As a historical note, a similar feature was provided on TOPS-10 (the old
>operating system for DECSystem-10's), called "File Daemons;" maybe
>this was the inspiration for "Watchdogs"?

At USENIX one of the authors claimed that "Watchdogs" were inspired by 
a Max Headroom espisode.

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Dave Hitz
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