Re: Origin of UNIX

["A. John Peters" <ajpeters ajpconsult com>]

I know Unix and MultiCs is not the same os.  The goals were not the same but
a few of the concepts are.  Unix survived multics didn't.  Multics was
bought by GE and then Honeywell which killed it.  Unix kept much of its
development in the university environment.

On 10/6/02 9:24 PM, "David Kramer" <david thekramers net> wrote:

> On Sunday 06 October 2002 01:34 pm, A. John Peters wrote:
>> On 10/6/02 10:05 AM, "Mark Knecht" <markknecht attbi com> wrote:
>>> http://www.unixhub.com/oldunix/unixname
>>> 
>>> Google is your friend
>> 
>> MIT had a research project in 1968 called Multics.  It stands for Multiplex
>> something or other.  Bell labs broke off and started Unix is  Uni something
>> or other. or other.>
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> Unix Is Not multiX
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> Yes, it doesn't really fit, but it started a long tradition of
> self-referential acronyms.
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