UNIX vs Unix (was: Time for Linux)

[Bill McGonigle]

Great story, but illustrative of the problem:

On 02/01/2009 04:11 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall wrote:
> Whether or not Dennis wanted to change it, "UNIX(R)" as registered by
> the Open Group, holder of the standard, the brand and the trademark, is
> "UNIX" (all "big caps").

Which is why most folks avoid its use.  'UNIX is a trademark, formerly a 
product, and now a certification, but Unix is a design philosophy', is 
one common usage.

So I think it would be fair to say that Unix time first appeared in UNIX 
  (or 'unixtime' as time's progressed).  Not that Jon's statement is 
wrong, he's just talking about something else that just happens to be 
exactly equivalent.

Now, if only leapseconds were predictable so we could use it as a time 
standard!  Did everybody else see 23:59:60 on their console last month?

-Bill

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