From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 25 7:45:16 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhub.iastate.edu (mailhub.iastate.edu [129.186.1.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 387DE14DBF for ; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:45:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rhawkins@iastate.edu) Received: from eyry.econ.iastate.edu (eyry.econ.iastate.edu [129.186.32.221]) by mailhub.iastate.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03946; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:44:45 -0600 (CST) Received: from eyry.econ.iastate.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by eyry.econ.iastate.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident hawk using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for ; Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:44:45 -0600 (EST) Message-Id: X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 (debian) To: Gregory Sutter , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Generic Unix term? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:58:00 PST." <19990224155800.O27934@orcrist.mediacity.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:44:45 -0600 From: "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > *nix isn't a word, though. I am looking for something that can be > spoken as well as written, and "Starnix" or "Asterisknix" just doesn't > cut it. sure, *nix is a word. It can be pronounced, a) splatnix b) Linux-like operating system c) bsd-like operating system :) -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message