Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:10:59 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows OT? (was Re: UNIX World Online) Message-ID: <199708010141.LAA01297@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199708010018.TAA17410@nexgen.hiwaay.net> from "dkelly@hiwaay.net" at "Jul 31, 97 07:18:42 pm"
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dkelly@hiwaay.net stands accused of saying: > > I rather appreciated the professional low key jab at New Technology in the > 1st issue of the FreeBSD Newsletter. Have been wondering if it would be A > Good Thing to demonstrate our sense of humor and add some letters to > FreeBSD's name. Call it, "FreeBSD OT" or because Microsoft was unable to > trademark Windows we could subtitle FreeBSD, "Windows OT". > > The OT could stand for Old Technology, Open Technology, or lots of other > things. Everybody has brainstormed new and more appropriate definitions for > NT at one time or another... :-) Oh dear. Before FreeBSD could be OT, it would have to be Clear. Hey, we could have the first Clear OS! (Note, I am _not_ affiliated with the RTC, CoS or any similar organisation) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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