From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 20251 invoked from network); 11 May 2022 23:48:55 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 May 2022 23:48:55 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4D2429C618; Thu, 12 May 2022 09:48:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 933B79BA54; Thu, 12 May 2022 09:47:41 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=dartmouth.edu header.i=@dartmouth.edu header.b="YpT2zuJ4"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 356829BA54; Thu, 12 May 2022 09:47:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wm1-f41.google.com (mail-wm1-f41.google.com [209.85.128.41]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE9BF9BA39 for ; Thu, 12 May 2022 09:47:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wm1-f41.google.com with SMTP id n126-20020a1c2784000000b0038e8af3e788so2074420wmn.1 for ; Wed, 11 May 2022 16:47:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=/AUmuewZsjDO1K9P48Ls71k/WVaJax64OcZvl27kqCY=; b=YpT2zuJ4rLAwkpWLa8+P4uA9XzGVNeexpDvoYch1isiX3y/n5uZcv4b9HcKDN22Uw2 xW0wwzXLaADOuGSDr5wW32gVqoPZWCUBEeXbg0uEfhMAud5oABK7bTHMZBwGQYGzhPsd UmVKDglZAxlm4j+Dxw+YtF+BnDyELlGCmCKVfDdCFLBZ6foUU6qxY4PWIckaOD6ngH1k 8aZD3Teju6Z1S7HYT0rBl8w11KpfFBGNAPD9ye/WcAXtqxRZd0aBOHJQv8krXsV0yK48 v76OQIPnfGvPNsBJLU1g8ABMwwALS2ONHrlRu6do/ml040l7uVzWvXDWH0VXDh+99MVN qByA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=/AUmuewZsjDO1K9P48Ls71k/WVaJax64OcZvl27kqCY=; b=cHsRrg5ctr7m8JAFpPBoNobEHCLdvwKxIf26QWjMCRmHVCCenB261U0OupogLNSaCo Dw6P2n9pYmTWMHzX9EZNL1qwIqUlG76qk5T9HaUvX08nMYQYHflTUahgvWDB+cmi2nfG Re0qWwq7gQb5ENEBI9qyC5REtV/C8X73QH176AuU7wCxLsleH3dZcCY+mgZ1yew6Ay5v cG82VilikeefmtdnqdE+tXuY4vMIWziZ/ik3FrZ5/Ip9+c7ARjRdaZZ8kBLZvxXiqu9I MUXL8aEmYEVbL/jsiuJB/qR8o1zNU6Zuehn3vDL5Ajobf/681g/nicQ9vz15eCmLMhOk gxTQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533hDBQRGDztTKJrMkJ5/IfVTVjntxYfVqnqkE8V3C98o5IfZq3A ViSlDyHmRoMFxLJ0eNxXZ4HmE8aPAvMrxl7OG8RPlIRdX7o= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzbRcbXTftzcZ0hHCy2nGzxIZ6rl34VRr1V3LH8mS8UWjvqBjSRYxQAIGxMIGTQYHucjcHjRAh3nAFZAPW8l2I= X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:3b0a:b0:394:6373:6c45 with SMTP id m10-20020a05600c3b0a00b0039463736c45mr7133359wms.69.1652312855030; Wed, 11 May 2022 16:47:35 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 19:47:19 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Capitalization question: UNIX/Unix and MULTICS/Multics? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" The main FJCC 1964 papar, by Vyssotsky, Corbato, and Graham, spelled Multics with an initial cap. By contrast, Ken transcribed the aural pun as UNIX. The lawyers did their best to keep it that way after most of us had decided it looks better as a proper noun. As I recall, there was an acronymic reading of Multics, but it wasn't taken seriously enough to drag the word into all caps. Nobody proposed an acronymic reading of UNIX. So both words defy the convention of rendering acronyms in upper-case. Doug