"un*x", like "windoze", is a joke. It's pronounced "eunuchs" and derives, so far as I know, from a saying that "real men use Multics". If you're under 35, you're not likely to recognise the reference to a long-obsolete (but advanced, for its day) operating system, used on Honeywell mainframes, which provided the conceptual model for the development of Unix - a "cut down" operating system originally designed to run on early 70's minicomputers, which were (at best) about the same power as the _original_ IBM PC. The point of the joke is lost if "*nix" is used instead. Regards Brian Beesley _________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.scruz.net/~luke/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
