Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:58:49 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Chern Lee <chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UNIX vs Unix Message-ID: <20010716225849.A29634@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0107161348180.71896-200000@meow.osd.bsdi.com>; from chern@meow.osd.bsdi.com on Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:52:49PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0107161348180.71896-200000@meow.osd.bsdi.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 01:52:49PM -0700, Chern Lee wrote: > According to O'Reilly's word list: > Unix (UNIX in many books, esp. older ones) > > UNIX appears about 10 to 1 to Unix in the handbook. At first, I resorted > to changing all instances of Unix to UNIX to make our document more > standard, but then realized Unix looks a lot more aesthetically pleasing. > > According to O'Reilly, are we a new document or an old book? > > Attached is a patch changing all relevant instances of Unix -> UNIX. > > I'd like it the other way around. Ditto. It's not an acronym, it's a pun -- you don't write "WINDOWS". It should be "Unix". N -- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjtTY5kACgkQk6gHZCw343X/zwCfSX18KM0WjOSmfhxnjfuXlcEb btkAn2617Wa9Wj9EtiIORVaRV2S8eVU5 =Ftj4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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