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Re: UNIX vs. Unix



On Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 12:54:59PM -0500, Kara Pritchard wrote:
> 
> It was a fonts thing back on the old old system. It used a small font that
> was all caps for smaller letters, rather than uppercase v/s lowercase
> ones.
> 
> I typically just say Unix for singular or plural. if you look it up in the
> dict.org, no plural forms exist.

Hrmm, I think "unicies" has entered common use (at least, I see it used alot),
perhaps the jargon file or foldoc needs to be updated.

-- 
Jordan Bettis <http://www.hafd.org/~jordanb/>
  JUSTICE, n.  A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition
  the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes
  and personal service.
   --From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
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