More trivia: origin of the wheel group

[Brett Glass]

At 05:45 PM 12/21/2003, Bill Moran wrote:

>Interesting.  I can't remember ever hearing the term "Big wheel" before.
>Perhaps it's some local slang that is seldom used in western Pennsylvania?

No, it's a very common term and definitely pre-dates computers as we know
them.

As for the origin of the group name: Yes, it came from the DECSystem-10/20
culture, where "wheel" was shorthand for "administrator."

--Brett Glass