Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdcad!brahms!ching From: ching@brahms.amd.com (Mike Ching) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Advanced MINIX (and a fix for strip.c) Message-ID: <1991May22.183853.27021@amd.com> Date: 22 May 91 18:38:53 GMT References: <910518420@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org> Sender: usenet@amd.com (NNTP Posting) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices; Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 19 In article jpc@fct.unl.pt (Jose Pina Coelho) writes: > >In article <910518420@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org> >bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org (Bert Laverman) writes: >> #stty rumor >> NLMUG is in negotiation with PH over the matter ("Minix" is their name, >> don't forget it!), in order to get permission for further distribution. >> However, it looks like permission to use the name "Minix" will _not_ be >> granted, and considerable brainstorming and planning is being put in >> making the stepover to a completely _new_ (and _free_) alternative. >> #stty -rumor > >Maxix ? ;-) > Doesn't tradition dictate a name like MIM (Mim Is not Minix)? :-) Mike Ching