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From: treese@crl.dec.com (Win Treese)
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Subject: Re: UWM -> What?
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Date: 24 Apr 89 01:23:19 GMT
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In article <8904212116.AA05362@dsys.icst.nbs.gov>, rbj@DSYS.ICST.NBS.GOV (Root Boy Jim) writes:

> 
> BTW, I once heard that the `u' in `uwm' stood for `ugly'.
> Perhaps there are official/unofficial names for uwm?
> Is there any truth to that rumor?

As I recall, the 'u' originally stood for "Ultrix."  It was originally implemented for X10 and ported to X11.

Win Treese						Cambridge Research Lab
treese@crl.dec.com					Digital Equipment Corp.