why?
every time i see the word Unix this U is *'ed or some other letter in the word is stared is it bad luck to say Unix or something?
every time i see the word Unix this U is *'ed or some other letter in the word is stared is it bad luck to say Unix or something?
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Jabird: they're both right.
Maillion is right because at one time AT&T vigorously defended
its Unix and related trademarks. Hashing up the name was a way
to make the reference but without having to add the symbol
and "Unix is a trademark of AT&T" footnote.
Tokes is right because collectively referring to all the various
flavors of 'nix' with a wildcard is simple and efficient.
Xenix
AIX
HP/UX
IRIX
Linux
System V Unix
BSD Unix
.
.
.
and so on.
Maillion is right because at one time AT&T vigorously defended
its Unix and related trademarks. Hashing up the name was a way
to make the reference but without having to add the symbol
and "Unix is a trademark of AT&T" footnote.
Tokes is right because collectively referring to all the various
flavors of 'nix' with a wildcard is simple and efficient.
Xenix
AIX
HP/UX
IRIX
Linux
System V Unix
BSD Unix
.
.
.
and so on.
