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From: brister@td2cad.intel.com (James Brister)
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Subject: Re: *nix - an abbreviation?
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Date: 10 Mar 90 02:36:40 GMT
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In-reply-to: mchinni@pica.army.mil's message of 9 Mar 90 22:44:49 GMT

So far I haven't seen what I heard was the meaning of the word "UNIX."
Seems Ken Thompson liked Multics enough to pattern some of UNIX after it,
but made it much smaller than Multics. UNIX is a castrated version of
Multics. Think about it....

James
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James Brister                                          brister@td2cad.intel.com
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