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05-Feb-2006, 11:27
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05-Feb-2006, 14:01
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The original pun (playing with the word "Multics") was OK, but I think the reason the name "Unix" really caught on among the original insiders was the added feature of its being a play on the word "eunich". I kind of wish that I could have been there. According to Multics historian, 1960's MIT denizen and man on the spot, Tom Van Vleck http://www.multicians.org/unix.html: We even knew that it had a joke name, Unix, coined by Brian Kernighan, that was a reference to Multics. ("One of whatever Multics was many of" or "Multics without balls.") (When I finish my Time Machine project, I'm considering returning to the wondrous 60's. For computer history, of course, not the free love or the pharmaceuticals.) Regards, Dave |
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05-Feb-2006, 16:21
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