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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.corp.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.tamu.edu!news.utdallas.edu!news.swmed.edu!!seas.smu.edu!news-in.iadfw.net!news.gymnet.com!LSNT1!lsbsdi6.lightspeed.net!news-ana-7.sprintlink.net!news-ana-24.sprintlink.net!news-west.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!ais.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!howla nd.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: 13 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <C027C18DB1D1781E.1F4FD4D8FE31C12B.77F3ED97DBAAE75F@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-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-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Host: biceps.gymnet.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:45672 comp.os.linux.misc:178514 comp.os.linux.x:63338 alt.os.linux:21840 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3483 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42250 gnu.misc.discuss:31594 comp.unix.solaris:108440 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.