From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_32, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 90418ad0 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:15:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E8188A1B16; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 01:15:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CED3A1A1B; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 01:14:36 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=Yty50GP7; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 22F50A1A1B; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 01:14:33 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi0-f52.google.com (mail-oi0-f52.google.com [209.85.218.52]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A81DFA1A1A for ; Sat, 1 Sep 2018 01:14:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k12-v6so22257004oiw.8 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:14:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=SwcxAsyRa4ZI+dxkbNklf+qGjbVQBa2XA2iVkBZ+yaQ=; b=Yty50GP7N/tsKVrQ+ndYYvpTSaFN6HJfDxFdghihPz/96w0UiBRQIAxBL/BnqYdKqH e8SfCEBPolO5dpjuw5WGKLXfJ0KzxF1KH7Ibd3b8ePmeK/R56z1key4n5o42F4qIr4M6 0qz5retxfckvSDrrCAqzppeEPB22S4W3peRHcwpF79Jbc8LQ4fdqcK2V22j6RAE1KBhD uSxRpa64vUtwjzEf/WW76wyJMv2Fj9B6Vp7GqwRjDeaS8vH2mH5EmtXqM4H24LZpd2Op 89KdQYbYGKyHuy4JAj+v19z2p/c2ExMYBJEIurdQuPIvZCbJx86d/09mL6b245m7yjqA u4hA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SwcxAsyRa4ZI+dxkbNklf+qGjbVQBa2XA2iVkBZ+yaQ=; b=Jd1/fj4dtadBQ6mvkdzuMmP+jE5HAiZniO5P5kHZkVDT/JIE2D2EOGNKy9xg2Hel+9 LIKb6XRx1Dfx+D2H82MXJPo4YInHyDwpLdPKUWceeHI8czhLqtKNvKasWi9SaGPI9EwZ yjDCygvbFKAneHYtzsaIGWAwlEOq5xSP5YDUHwmF0eQRGiCj7p10e59Z7Pxuv0w4PibM e9JBPsw/Cwfbb97GzbZZu4j4Zqj4jtxSbRvjglPzo6vilCQHz6Zy3lzgxEP208UPOelj FHKOJw5XJcizwXFpdHpEU/lrB/DeYKwTYNljuEHfkImmrty+d2FcKWynv3gcXvF2pnrX og/Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51ChFPa6zXfIoCT4mgDmOEi5u1+l2O+tzErE9rM5gHqR0Kj1kmtX whTBAP7HH+AXIfSxjTT8LrzxMJN9CMgPqD+6bahTYQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdYzzreFoujtoKl4OeF4Kj2Z/pieriHk4RvJtjgBwUIKvTvEP0ikFGUlk6fqrtkGeRaq0fW9SA7QrwbcTvMhyao= X-Received: by 2002:aca:a04:: with SMTP id 4-v6mr8060195oik.203.1535728471845; Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:14:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180829233605.GJ8423@mcvoy.com> <69AFD606-5E1D-4060-95A5-22F33B2322B2@ccc.com> In-Reply-To: From: Eric Wayte Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018 11:13:53 -0400 Message-ID: To: clemc@ccc.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000009319d0574bca64d" Subject: Re: [TUHS] UNIX System names - since UNIX was a Trademark X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --00000000000009319d0574bca64d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've heard Red Hat referred to as "root hat". On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 10:42 AM Clem Cole wrote: > > Dave Horsfall's comment about AIX made me think. The joker in me has > always been impressed by how marketing people 'missed' the obvious > pronunciations that would lead to serious > > jokes. > Some of the more memorable ones from the UNIX world that I knew: AIX -> > "aches", CRDS -> "cruds", HP-UX -> HP "yucks" and "hockey pucks" and my > favorite: RHEL -> "our hell" > > I bet there are more and others I did know/consider ;-) > > That said, I did hear a pro-VMS person in ZKO (*i.e.* a DECie) once tried > refered to "DEC Ultrix" as Dirty Tricks, but I never heard that one take > off/be repeated outside of ZKO. > > For history we probably should try to collect them, although I fear the > context of the joke in the future may be lost. > > > Clem > =E1=90=A7 > --=20 Eric Wayte --00000000000009319d0574bca64d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I've heard Red Hat referred to as "root hat"= .

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018= at 10:42 AM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:
Dave Horsfall's comment about AIX made me think.=C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0The joker=C2=A0in me has
=C2=A0always been impressed by how marketing people 'misse= d' the obvious pronunciations that would lead to serious
=C2=A0
jokes.=C2=A0
Some of the more me= morable ones from the UNIX world that I knew: AIX -> "aches", = CRDS -> "cruds", HP-UX -> HP "yucks" and "ho= ckey pucks" and my favorite: RHEL -> "our hell"
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