Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7766 comp.misc:10790 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!tymix!cirrusl!sunstorm!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Subject: Re: Jargon File Editorial Philosophy Message-ID: <2776@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 6 Dec 90 19:10:27 GMT References: <1Yh2D8#44K9D41f8QQk5qw1fx64Q7TX=eric@snark.thyrsus.com> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Followup-To: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc. Lines: 26 I think it's terrific that you are revising the Jargon file, which is very much out-of-date. I suggest that rather than making your new Jargon file appear to be a revised version of it, you give it an entirely new name, so it's clear that is an entirely new work (which it should be). Then generously acknowledge within the new work its dependence on the old one. That way we don't, accidentally or deliberately, put the old one in a negative light or imply that it is any less relevant today than it was once, but simply acknowledge that these are different times. The old one is an important piece of history that has its own place in the world. History never becomes obsolete. By the way, please stop assuming that there's anything called UNIX any more. There are lots of OSs derived from UNIX. They all have their own names, e.g. System V, Xenix, BSD, Ultrix, ESIX, Mach, and probably others. None of them is really UNIX, and none of them should be called UNIX. It would be a good idea to make this clear in the Jargon file, and then religiously use the correct name rather than an imprecise and term. (And as the AT&T will happily tell you until you're sick of hearing it, there is no *thing* called UNIX as AT&T uses the term, because UNIX as a trade mark is an adjective, not a noun. The *thing* called UNIX ran on PDP-11s and is not in use any more.) -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com