Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 16:53:23 +0100 From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl Message-ID: <20011019165323.L779@tao.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <xzpk7xtdqij.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from des@ofug.org on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 03:30:44PM %2B0200 References: <27338.1003402476@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> <xzpk7xtdqij.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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--0qVF/w3MHQqLSynd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 03:30:44PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes: > > What's the difference between UNIX and Unix? Recently, a sweeping > > change was made to the Handbook, in which all appearances of UNIX were > > converted to Unix. >=20 > "UNIX" is a common misspelling of "Unix" caused by the fact that the > word "Unix" was consistently typeset in a small-caps font in one of > the early papers that described it. "Unix" is a (registered?) > trademark of the Open Group, so we can't call FreeBSD that unless we > pay them lots of $$. We've got to at least acknowledge it as a trademark if we use it don't we? Joe --0qVF/w3MHQqLSynd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjvQTHIACgkQXVIcjOaxUBYnqQCggATRDKZxODYrWQGtAV7NXETn p30AnjlEIGWSaBQcntxeMC+vfYa6NxoU =Ct77 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0qVF/w3MHQqLSynd-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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