From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: m.welle@gmx.net (Michael Welle) Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:20:40 +0200 Subject: [TUHS] Unix, eunuchs? In-Reply-To: <001001c6875d$69b02e60$2f01a8c0@myhome.westell.com> (Bill Cunningham's message of "Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:31:09 -0400") References: <874pz21gwa.fsf@stella.c0t0d0s0.de> <001001c6875d$69b02e60$2f01a8c0@myhome.westell.com> Message-ID: <871wttbjxz.fsf@hqltmwe01.nwc-services.de> Hi, "Bill Cunningham" writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Welle" > To: > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:57 AM > Subject: [TUHS] Unix, eunuchs? > > >> Hi, >> >> last week a work mate told us a tale about how Unix came to its >> name. He believes that Unix is named after the term eunuch (a >> homophone of (to?) unix in english language). One can see Unix as a >> castrated successor of Multics. Hmmm, I am interested in Unix history >> for several years now, but I haven't heard about that before. It is >> really a tale I guess. Any clear words about this topic? >> >> Michael >> > > I know Dennis have said pretty clearly that Unix is a pun on Multics > that the team really never got to start on because Bell changed there minds. > Ken continued with Unix which must've been his idea. In assembly first then > B. Dennis came up with C and its lasted down through the years. that sounds familiar to me. The same story is told in 'A quarter century of Unix' and other sources. VG hmw -- biff4emacsen - A biff-like tool for (X)Emacs http://www.c0t0d0s0.de/biff4emacsen/biff4emacsen.html