Ok, first, stop posting in html. I can't read it.
Now, mu = micro is pretty consistent with my Physics days. As for the
fact that the Japanese story having nothing to do with linux - well,
here's a little more insight.
Linux was built by hackers all over the internet. Hackers don't like
logical inconsistencies in language. Hence the need for the term mu as a
third alternative to yes and no.
So you see, mu is very well entwined into the evolution of linux.
Ok, so if I try, I can read. It's still rude to post in html, which is
why my reply is above the original.
Philip
PS: You're welcome
On Sat, 6 May 2000, vulcan wrote:
> <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
> <html>
> Hi Phil,
> <br>thanks for the nice background. it was interesting and a new info for
> me.
> <br>but, for "mu", won't you think that it is <font size=+3>µ </font>of
> plain simple latin. In physics, it is taken as a unit to mean, micron,
> or micro, then it was attached with pc which were initially micro-processor
> micro-computer (against main-frame).
> <p>that means MicroLinux.
> <p>i know it is very boring compared with japanese story.
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