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
I remember when Unix (instead of UNIX) first started appearing. It
was when the popular press started writing about it. I was working for
DEC and there was a flurry that lasted for about two or three months
while our legal department kept trying to get the press to do all CAPS
in the press
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Jon 'maddog' Hall mad...@li.org wrote:
... note that I spelled UNIX in all capital letters, as it should be ...
Oh, boy. Time for a lame name flame game! :)
Dennis Ritchie says that the 'UNIX' spelling originally happened in
CACM's 1974 paper _The UNIX
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@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
