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Date:      Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:58:01 -0600
From:      Jerry Dunham <dunham@dunham.org>
To:        "Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <rhawkins@iastate.edu>, Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Generic Unix term?
Message-ID:  <19990225215801.F13017@rider.dunham.org>
In-Reply-To: <m10G2xx-000P4nC@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>; from Richard E. Hawkins Esq. on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 09:44:45AM -0600
References:  <19990224155800.O27934@orcrist.mediacity.com> <m10G2xx-000P4nC@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>

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On Thu, 25 February 1999 at  9:44:45 -0600, Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote:
> 
> > *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 
> 
> :)

Or go with the plural:  unices.   :-)


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