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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!pumpkin.pangea.ca!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org> Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Senate Industries Message-ID: <EB3qoL.tx@nonexistent.com> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <5l37jg$87j$1@wuff.mayn.de> <337B425E.7DA45569@grail.cba.csuohio.edu> <5lolpf$als$5@hole.sdsu.edu> <5m1s33$7q8@lace.colorado.edu> <3385713c.16584397@192.168.0.1> <5miekm$8pa$1@goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au> <lp7mgg8cl5.pa@meta.physics.ox.ac.uk> X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: 865176786 28702 nathan [204.141.125.38] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: senate.org Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 14:51:08 GMT Lines: 16 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45616 comp.os.linux.misc:178053 comp.os.linux.x:63051 alt.os.linux:21747 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3462 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41992 gnu.misc.discuss:31560 comp.unix.solaris:108173 Paul Stevenson wrote: > > brettw@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Duckula) writes: > > > > > Edward Betts (edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk) wrote: > > : > > : it stands for FVWM Virtual Windows Manager > > > > Aaaah, but the best of all is GNU which stands for "GNU is Not Unix". > > > And PINE for "Pine is not elm" But PINE's *real* meaning is Program for Internet News and E-mail, the PINE IS NOT ELM came about later.