From: Andy Newman <andy.newman@silverbrookresearch.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Standalone unix port of the original rc shell
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:34:32 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508102234.j7AMYZFG028746@haides.silverbrookresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42FA1F91.2010908@lanl.gov>
Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> actually, the name started out was windows for unix, i.e. W FU (or maybe
> Windows! -- FU), but I think it had to change for some reason.
>
> ron
> p.s. I think I'm joking, but how could one tell?
Truth is stranger than fiction... They (MS) had to rename
their Critical Update Notification Tool when someone figured
it out. References to it have been "disappeared" but Google
and friends had copies at one time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-10 22:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-09 14:16 Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-09 15:22 ` Federico Benavento
2005-08-09 15:28 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 5:54 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2005-08-10 10:03 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 10:29 ` Gabriel Diaz
2005-08-10 12:38 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 12:43 ` Gabriel Diaz
2005-08-10 12:57 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 14:55 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-08-10 13:50 ` Russ Cox
2005-08-10 14:23 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 15:31 ` Russ Cox
2005-08-10 15:52 ` Anselm R. Garbe
2005-08-10 15:04 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-08-10 15:18 ` Russ Cox
2005-08-10 15:33 ` Artem Letko
2005-08-10 15:38 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-08-10 22:34 ` Andy Newman [this message]
2005-08-10 15:36 ` Anselm R. Garbe
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