From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!bj
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re: What"s the difference between UNIX and UN*X?
Article-I.D.: yale-com.154
Posted: Tue Oct 26 22:00:25 1982
Received: Wed Oct 27 10:13:46 1982
References: otuxa.135

There are legal problems with using UNIX (tm). Every time you mention it,
the lawyers at Ma Bell want you to say it is a registered trademark of
somebody.  They also want the word to be an adjective ("The UNIX system"
rather than "UNIX").  Since I would never want to cause them problems
(I don't want to lose my phone), I avoid using the "adjective" UNIX.
Instead I use the (non-trademarked) noun UN*X.
					B.J.
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