*nix - an abbreviation?

[Brian Burroughs]

In article <7279 at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall at jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
>In article <5155 at balu.UUCP> fifi at cosmo.UUCP (A.F.Zinser) writes:
>: does anybody know, what the abbreviation '*nix' stands for?
>
>Yes, we know, but we're not allowed to say.    :-)
>
>Larry Wall
>lwall at jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov

Tell me larry, are you any relation to Larry Laffer, my hero?

Brian.

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