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From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (Bruce G Barnett)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (Last changed: 31 May 1987)
Message-ID: <1808@vdsvax.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jun-87 15:35:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 18 15:35:43 1987
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References: <15765@gatech.gatech.edu> <560@unmvax.UNM.EDU> <15929@gatech.gatech.edu>
Reply-To: barnett@ge-crd.arpa  (Bruce G Barnett)
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In article <15929@gatech.gatech.edu> spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) writes:
>Specifically, UNICS is an acronym, UNIX is a sort-of pun.

In Sun's technical report on UNIX, they say

	The name "UNIX" is not an acronym but a play on the phrase
	"castrated MULTICS".
-- 
Bruce G. Barnett  (barnett@ge-crd.ARPA) (barnett@steinmetz.UUCP)
-- 
"The difference between a Buddha and an ordinary man is that one knows
the difference and the other does not."