From: spj@ukelele.GCR.COM (Simon Patrick Janes) Subject: Re: Why Linux should remain Linux and seagulls should not be used. Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 03:48:46 GMT
hpa@merle.acns.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin N9ITP) writes:
>Besides the obvious that it is a tip of the hat to Linus and that the
>OS is already becoming known under that name, consider it to be yet
>another UNIX like OS with a recursive acronym (see: GNU, XINU):
><L>inux <I>s <N>ot <U>NI<X>
I like this. Its kinda like a stepping stone to GNU's Not Unix.
I don't like the seagull idea however. Seagulls are too common I think...
I don't know... it just makes me think what America would have been like
if the national bird was the turkey like it almost became. I would rather
have a platypus than a seagull.
>;-)
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