Trademark solution - finally an acronym

James M. Scardelis frodo at wlcrjs.UUCP
Thu Dec 6 16:21:55 AEST 1984


In article <4210 at rochester.UUCP> ken at seneca.UUCP (Sue-Ken Yap) writes:
>>If we (in theory) can't use "UNIX" as a noun, how about "UOS" as an 
>>acronym for "Unix Operating System."  People have been wanting
>>"Unix"  to stand for something for years, finally we have a motive
>>to meet this need :-) .
>>
>>PS : Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Labs  (almost forgot!)
>
>UOS sounds too much like You Owe Us :-}
>
   That makes it perfect! (Judging by AT&T's price schedule for the
      BLTJ UN*X issue) :-) 
                                 Jim Scardelis



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