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Date:      Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:52:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>
To:        lcremean@tidalwave.net
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New name?
Message-ID:  <199804151352.JAA17707@shell.monmouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <19980414174503.48564@st-lcremean.tidalwave.net> from "Lee Cremeans" at Apr 14, 98 05:45:03 pm

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> 
> On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 03:38:30PM -0400, Dan Janowski wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Steven Plite wrote:
> > 
> > > Anyway, if we're trying to position FreeBSD as a server OS, how about
> > > "Servix"?  No need to even bother with a trademark search on that one...
> > 
> > This is freebsd-humor. I get better jokes
> > here than anywhere else. They are insider unix jokes...
> 
> Heheh....<joke mode=sick> Can we get Penix to go with it?</joke>
> 
> Unfortunately, when you combine them, the system gets clogged with child
> processes...I wonder why. :)
> 
> Sorry, I couldn't resist.
> -- 
> Lee C. -- Manassas, VA, USA  (WakkyMouse on DALnet #watertower)  

I seem to remember, from my Concurrent days, that PENIX was considered as
a possible name for Perkin-Elmer Unix  -- but they went with Xelos.

Bill


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