From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 25 8: 5:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iteso.mx (iteso.mx [148.201.1.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A56037B402 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:05:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from eric (customer11-181.telmex.net.mx [148.233.11.181] (may be forged)) by iteso.mx (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f0PG5LH22690; Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:05:22 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from eric@iteso.mx) Message-ID: <01b801c086e8$c227d960$4d011c0a@delacruz.avis.com.mx> Reply-To: "Eric De La Cruz Lugo" From: "Eric De La Cruz Lugo" To: "Danny Pansters" , "Zaitsau, Andrei" Cc: References: <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E8D8@exchange.panasonicfa.com> <01012516521002.17676@ricin.localnet> Subject: RE: curiosity Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:06:15 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dan: You should check that (Linux its an acronym Linux Its Not UniX) and a very recursive one like GNU (Gnu its Not Unix) Linus Torvalds named it that way (not only because he has a colosal EGO and for the close spelling with his name but just to make shure AT&T dont sue him jejejejeje :)) Nah!, the last prhase its a Joke Ok?, he only wanted to make clear that his OS was "diferent from source" from the original Unix (TM), after all he was a student on that time. Greetings from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. ----- Original Message ----- From: Danny Pansters To: Zaitsau, Andrei Cc: Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 9:52 AM Subject: Re: curiosity > > > Is it true that "LINUX" stands for Linux Is Not UniX (LINUX) > > > > No its not. Linus named it after himself. > > Dan > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message