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From: gary@dragon.dsh.org (Gary D. Duzan)
Subject: Re: kernel names
Organization: Delaware State Hospital
References: <1993Sep21.194457.10899@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <27pe7k$4vq@germany.eu.net> <27pqqj$ibk@pdq.coe.montana.edu>
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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 17:44:09 GMT
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In article <27pqqj$ibk@pdq.coe.montana.edu> nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) writes:
=>In article <27pe7k$4vq@germany.eu.net>,
=>Bernard Steiner <bs@Germany.EU.net> wrote:
=>>Comment: I do not see any sophisticated reason (apart from some stupid "we're
=>>being different) for the kernel (and that goes for all derivates of 386bsd,
=>>*including* 386bsd) to have any other name than /vmunix.
=> ^^^^
=>Yeah right, I want to get sued for using that 4-letter word.
=>
=>For now, I think 386bsd is the safest thing, but personally I'd like
=>something as generic as /kernel, since it's blatantly obvious, and
=>no-one can sue you for using that name. :-)
=>
'Cept maybe Orville Reddenbacher. :-)
Gary D. Duzan
Humble Practitioner of the Computer Arts