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Re:Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team by kstrauser on Saturday May 30, 2026 @12:03PM (#48337672)
That linkage never occurred to me, or, I suspect, them. Claude use to be a reasonably common name. I have an uncle Claude. Why do you believe they named it after Shannon in particular?
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Re:Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team by homebrewer on Saturday May 30, 2026 @12:17PM (#48337860)
It seems to be a widely repeated "fact" which can't be traced to anything particularly authoritative:

https://archive.is/pt5fQ

https://britannica.com/topic/Claude-AI

Looks like the 2023 NYT article started it, and it uses this as reference:

> depending on which employee you ask, was either a nerdy tribute to the 20th-century mathematician Claude Shannon

Personally I always associated it with the silent protagonist from GTA3.

https://gta.fandom.com/wiki/Claude

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