Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?

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From: Nathan Dorfman
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 1997 00:00

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Paul Stevenson wrote:
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> brettw@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au (Duckula) writes:
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> >
> > Edward Betts (edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> > :
> > : it stands for FVWM Virtual Windows Manager
> >
> > Aaaah, but the best of all is GNU which stands for "GNU is Not Unix".
> >
> And PINE for "Pine is not elm"

But PINE's *real* meaning is Program for Internet News and E-mail, the
PINE IS NOT ELM came about later.

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From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list?
Date: 1997/06/01
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