On 8/27/07, Kris Buelens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know why they're all called BOB: to drive z/OS, you can't drink ;-)
>
> About 10 years ago an action was organized in Belgium to avoid drunk
> drivers: people driving to a party should select a BOB, the guy that
> wouldn't drink alcohol and drive the company home.  I don't know who
> selected BOB as name, but it was a success, and since then everyone here
> know who BOB is.  I heard that a similar action was since then undertaken in
> other countries, but with another name than BOB.

It's a Dutch acronym for "Bewust Onbeschonken Bestuurder"
(deliberately not-drunk driver)

Rob (not Bob)

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