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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=  writes:

> Several other vendors seem to have copied the DEC convention of using a "%"
> character to prefix system messages. Here are some from a Cisco 3850 switch:

Given the personal histories of the founders of Cisco, and the backgrounds of
most of their original hires as programmer/engineers, it would be more
surprising had they NOT followed that standard.

> Interestingly, this box is running something called "Open IOS XE", which is
> based on a Linux kernel, and the OS version dates from this century.

Yes, and?

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