>>>UNIX was a pun on MULTICS. >> >>Pun or derivative? > >According to Ritchie, pun.
The pun was MULTICS -> UNICS. The OS was later named UNIX. Peter Hunkeler CREDIT SUISSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
