On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 20:43 -0500, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Carl Fink wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 08:17:03PM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: > > > >>On Dec 26 2004, Mauro Darida wrote: > >> > >>>The folks there should change the name: I would never use a thing > >>>named _ubuntu_. Btw, Hurd is a name as horrible as ubuntu. > >> > >>And what about using something called Debian? Is that a "good name" or a > >>"commercially feasible name"? > > > > > > Sure, and versions named "potato" and "slink" and "etch" sure sound > > professional, don't they? What a weird criterion to use. > > > > Hell "unix" is a joke name, it's just old enough that people don't > > think about it much. > > IIRC, UNIX was named that way because of the system that Thompson and > Ritchie got the idea from being called MULTICS. Yes, It's original name was UNICS. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements and make them into big productions." Pitr Dubovitch
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