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From: ugleung@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Leung Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: GNU story wanted!
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Date: 25 Jun 89 15:29:29 GMT
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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?


Thanks
Leung