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Steve Wyrick

March 8, 2006, 6:46 p.m. (Message 44580)

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:35:28 -0500
  "Alexandre Rafalovitch" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:

> P.s. TLA (three-letter-acronym) was at one point a self referential
> joke, the same way Linux operating system could be interpreted as
> Linux Is Not UniX.....
> 

You COULD interpret it that way but I don't believe that was the intent.  I 
understand Linux was named that because it was LINus Torvald's interpretation 
of the UniX kernel. On the other hand, Richard Stallman's original system GNU, 
which Linux works with, IS self-referential, and I suspect what you were 
thinking of:  GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix! -Steve
--
Steve Wyrick - Concord, California

Jan E Rudge

March 8, 2006, 7:03 p.m. (Message 44583, in reply to message 44580)

>> GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix

Steve, what does the G stand for?

Jan

Steve Wyrick

March 8, 2006, 7:04 p.m. (Message 44584, in reply to message 44580)

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:03:13 +0000
  Jan E Rudge <xxxxxx@xxx.xxx> wrote:
  
>>> GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix
> 
> Steve, what does the G stand for?

GNU!

--
Steve Wyrick - Concord, California

Pia Walker

March 8, 2006, 8:48 p.m. (Message 44588, in reply to message 44584)

LIke in Wildebeast - and Onyx?

Pia

Steve Wyrick

March 9, 2006, 3:36 p.m. (Message 44611, in reply to message 44588)

Pia wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:03:13 +0000
>   Jan E Rudge <xxxxxx@xxx.xxx> wrote:
>   
>>>> GNU stands for GNU's Not Unix
>> 
>> Steve, what does the G stand for?
> 
> GNU!
> 
> LIke in Wildebeast - and Onyx?

No, Like in GNU's Not Unix!  It's recursive, remember?  ;-)
-- 
Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California

Pia Walker

March 9, 2006, 4:42 p.m. (Message 44612, in reply to message 44611)

:>)  Now why did you not jus say so :>) :>)

PIa
Who hasn't got a clue