Re: tlug: Linux versions

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 25 May 1998, 林　愛一郎 wrote:

> こんにちは、i16(愛一郎)です。
> 
> φ(._.) "Alan B. Stone" <stoneab@example.com> wrote
> on Sun, 24 May 1998 16:18:16 +0000 in "tlug: Linux versions" as:
> >I was reading through my copy of "Linux in a Nutshell" and I noticed
> >that the author makes reference to a version of Linux which actually
> >carries the "Unix" brand.  Does anyone know what version he is talking
> >about?  I didn't know that anyone had submitted a version to OSF/XOpen
> >group in the past.  I'd like to know.
> 
> I learned that the word "LINUX" stands for "Linux Is Not UniX".
>                          ~~~~~              ~     ~  ~   ~  ~

actually, LINUX is (UNIX << 2) with L prepended, since the author of the
kernel's name is Linux.  But it has come to mean 'Linux Is Not UniX', too.
Just like GNU means 'Gnu's Not UniX'...

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
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