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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howland.erols.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!bonkers!web.nmti.com!peter From: peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Supersedes: <5mp5sm$992@web.nmti.com> Date: 31 May 1997 12:35:49 GMT Organization: Network/development platform support, NMTI Lines: 12 Message-ID: <5mp5v5$99u@web.nmti.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5m1s33$7q8@lace.colorado.edu> <3385713c.16584397@192.168.0.1> <5miekm$8pa$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: sonic.nmti.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45590 comp.os.linux.misc:177952 comp.os.linux.x:62997 alt.os.linux:21721 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3458 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41961 gnu.misc.discuss:31553 comp.unix.solaris:108124 In article <5miekm$8pa$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au>, Duckula <brettw@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote: > Aaaah, but the best of all is GNU which stands for "GNU is Not Unix". I think XINU (Xinu Is Not UNIX) came first. It was (is?) Barry Comer's UNIX-like operating system for his O/S class. Written on the PDP-11 I think, in Concurrent Euclid. -- The Reverend Peter da Silva, ULC, COQO, BOFH, 3D0G, KIBO, POPE Ziggy Wotzit II. Har du kramat din varg, idag? `-_-' Kulanu Kibo. Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia! Vi er alle Kibo. HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! HEIL KIBO! Wir sind alle Kibo.