UNIX vs Unix (was: Time for Linux)

Bill Ricker bill.n1vux at gmail.com
Sun Feb 1 14:05:33 EST 2009


On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Later, dmr tried to get the
> spelling changed to 'Unix' in a couple of Bell Labs papers, on the
> grounds that the word is not acronymic.  He failed,


which likely would be due to Bell Trademark lawyers - you have to use
it only the way you trademarked it or the mark expires prematurely eg
Elevator.

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Bill
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