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From: sabbagh@acf3.NYU.EDU (sabbagh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GNU story wanted!
Message-ID: <1040@acf3.NYU.EDU>
Date: 26 Jun 89 14:21:43 GMT
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In article <7364@cs.Buffalo.EDU> ugleung@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Leung Lee) writes:
>I have one fundamental question.  What is the story concerning the
>frequent use of "GNU" as a prefix to many Unix programs, such a emacs,
>troff, etc.  I realized this probably has its origin in the American
>culture!  Is this correct!  Can anyone give some kind of historical
>insights?

As I understand it, GNU stands for "GNU's Not Unix".  A self-referential
company name!

-hgs