Xref: utzoo news.admin:10596 comp.unix.wizards:23783 comp.unix.internals:233 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!snorkelwacker!apple!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!sunstorm!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: news.admin,comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: About the comp.unix.internals fluster Message-ID: <2420@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 12 Sep 90 21:56:15 GMT References: <15489@drilex.UUCP> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc. Lines: 11 In <15489@drilex.UUCP> dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) writes: Use of Unix as a noun is an encroachment on AT&T's trademark... If a trademark becomes a noun... Too late...My observation is that UNIX has been a noun for about ten years now. Its adjective status probably exists only in the minds of AT&T's lawyers. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi