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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Question on structures
Message-ID: <8931@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 20:09:10 EST
Article-I.D.: utzoo.8931
Posted: Sat Nov 14 20:09:10 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 20:09:10 EST
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Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Keywords: AT&T vs. "Unix"

> > Those who do not understand Unix     |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
>                               ^^^^
> 
> That's THE UNIX* OPERATING SYSTEM, Buster!
> 
> * Registered Trademark of AT&T

My my, touchy, aren't we? :-)  I'm afraid I'm just an old fogey who can't
used to AT&T Newspeak.  I picked up the habit of writing it "Unix" from
dubious, sloppy people like Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie :-), back in
the mid-1970s when nobody wrote it any other way.

As for the mandatory inclusion of "Operating System" (or, worse, "OPERATING
SYSTEM"), I'm afraid I picked up my sloppiness in this regard from subversive
influences like Bell/WE/AT&T software licenses and official letters signed
by people like Western Electric's licensing director.  References available
on request [I knew that hanging onto all that old paperwork would come in
handy someday].  Obviously I shouldn't have listened to such villains...

Now, boys and girls, remember that the sarcastic, uncooperative attitude
displayed above demonstrates clear contempt for AT&T trademarks -- an obvious
case of CRIMETHINK.  Everyone, including me, who has varied from Officially
Approved Practices in speaking of certain items of AT&T software should at
once face in the direction of New Jersey and abase themselves three times
in hopes of forgiveness, while swearing to (a) faithfully follow whatever
AT&T's Terminology Of The Week happens to be this week, and (b) firmly
believe that it was never any other way.
-- 
Those who do not understand Unix are |  Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
condemned to reinvent it, poorly.    | {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,utai}!utzoo!henry