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*nix pronounciation

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from tfa:

abbreviation like “Un*x” or “*nix” (the latter pronounced as "asternix", a play on the asterisk used for the wildcard)[citation needed]

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abbreviation like “Un*x” or “*nix” (the latter pronounced as either "nix" or "asternix", a play on the asterisk used for the wildcard)[citation needed]

-- 5o1 [Launchpad.net]

Trademark issues

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I revised the trademark section to reflect The Open Group's current recommendations.

I've reworked the article a bit, trying to establish consistent standards for the use of the U-word here, as a compromise between The Open Group's trademark rights and the public's free speech rights:
  • The original program developed by Bell Labs: Unix.
  • OSes that resemble it: "Unix-like" (the "scare quotes" to reflect that it's not a formally correct term).
  • OSes complying with the Single UNIX Specification: UNIX.
Tverbeek 15:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

GNU/kFreeBSD

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I'm adding GNU/kFreeBSD again. Anyone have your discussion and/or ping-pong game about GNU/Linux naming controversy if you like, but please don't remove GNU/kFreeBSD because of that. Thanks. 62.57.140.216

Mac OS X

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I edited the article since Mac OS X 10.5 is REAL Unix 10.0-10.4 is Unix-like talk (talk) 06:49, 14 August 2008 (UTC+8)