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Date:      Thu, 25 Jan 2001 23:32:55 +0100
From:      Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>
To:        Danny Pansters <danny@ricin.com>
Cc:        "Zaitsau, Andrei" <AZaitsau@panasonicfa.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: curiosity
Message-ID:  <20010125233255.A1257@raggedclown.net>
In-Reply-To: <01012516521002.17676@ricin.localnet>; from danny@ricin.com on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:52:10PM %2B0100
References:  <054F7DAA9E54D311AD090008C74CE9BD01F1E8D8@exchange.panasonicfa.com> <01012516521002.17676@ricin.localnet>

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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 04:52:10PM +0100, Danny Pansters wrote:
> 
> > Is it true that "LINUX" stands for Linux Is Not UniX (LINUX)
> >
> 
> No its not. Linus named it after himself.
> 
And it is pronounced to rhyme with "cynics" (true !) and not
a la the Peanuts cartoon character.
... so if I write an O/S "cliffux" you will have to pronounce
it "clinics", so you could have "clinics clinics" .. 

Cliff


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