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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: *nix - an abbreviation?
Message-ID: <7279@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 6 Mar 90 00:26:11 GMT
References: <5155@balu.UUCP>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <5155@balu.UUCP> fifi@cosmo.UUCP (A.F.Zinser) writes:
: does anybody know, what the abbreviation '*nix' stands for?

Yes, we know, but we're not allowed to say.    :-)

Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov