From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: lars@fwn.rug.nl (Lars Buitinck)
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 12:03:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [pups] Interesting PDP/Xenix History
In-Reply-To: <20020328115808.C6079@wantadilla.lemis.com>
References: <200203262341.g2QNfBr97659@minnie.tuhs.org> <3CA116A5.59F6B603@pacbell.net> <1017271451.3ca2549b6692c@w3.fwn.rug.nl> <20020328115808.C6079@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Thus spake Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog at lemis.com>:
> 
> Note that in English, the X is usually pronounced like an S ("zie
> niks").  Siemens made a pun on this with their Sinix product; "Sinix"
> in German is pronounced the same way as "XENIX" in English :-)
> 

Siemens' computer division is (or was) called Nixdorf...
I always read Sinix as SIemens NIXdorf