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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:5392 comp.os.386bsd.misc:1113 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!convex!convex!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: kernel names Date: 24 Sep 1993 18:13:29 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 20 Message-ID: <27vuv7$514@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <1993Sep21.194457.10899@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <27pqqj$ibk@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <27uflq$75l@germany.eu.net> <1993Sep24.212913.18919@emba.uvm.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <1993Sep24.212913.18919@emba.uvm.edu> wollman@sadye.emba.uvm.edu (Garrett Wollman) writes: >Frankly, I prefer `/vmduck', myself. (An allusion to Paul Vixie's >famous comment defending BSD as ``real UNIX''.) YES! YES! YES!!! Finally, the ultimate naming solution :-) At least the 'duck' part would mean the same thing to everyone. Of course, Duck's Unlimited (an American orgtanization that fights to preserve duck habit and wetlands so they can sit around and play anti-aircraft gunner :-) ) might have something to say about the use of the word duck in such a clearly non-hunting context. t -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX