Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!wasatch!utah-gr!uplherc!sp7040!obie!wsccs!terry From: terry@wsccs.UUCP (Every system needs one) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: what does "UNIX" really stand for? Message-ID: <730@wsccs.UUCP> Date: 12 Oct 88 04:14:31 GMT References: <1681@daisy.UUCP> <1507@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu> Lines: 11 In article <1507@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu>, deke@valhalla.ee.rochester.edu writes: > > In article <1681@daisy.UUCP> klee@daisy.UUCP (Ken Lee) writes: > >Kernighan called it "castrated Multics", thus UNIX. > >Anyone want to confirm or deny this? > > Universal INteractive eXecutive I always thought it was "UNIX Not Is XINU" 8-) terry@wsccs