On the word "UNIX".

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Author: H. Murakami
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:25

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Subject: On the word "UNIX".

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From: mab@duvel.princeton.edu (Matt Blaze)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: "UNIX" is not the registered trademark of AT&T in Japan.
Message-ID: <mab.713769258@duvel>
Date: 14 Aug 92 05:14:18 GMT
References: <2759@tansei1.tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1846@adagio.UUCP>
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grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) writes:

>In article <2759@tansei1.tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp> mhiroshi@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp (H. Murakami) writes:
>>A little fact that you might be interested in.
>>
>>In Japan, the word "UNIX" is not the registered trademark of USL nor AT&T,

>I don't know the details in Germany, but next time you want to rent a
>car in Germany, you might find it amusing to rent it from a company
>called UNIX-Rent-Autovermietung-Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH in
>Frankfurt am Main (telephone +49-69-619054). No, I don't have any
>connection with the company - I just found the name amusing.
>-- 
>Greg Lehey                       | Tel: +49-6637-1488              
>LEMIS                            | Fax: +49-6637-1489
>Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany
>*** NOTE ***: Headers are mangled - reply to grog%lemis@Germany.EU.net

UNIX is also the brand name of a fire extinguisher in Egypt. (If you
go to the museum in Cairo you'll see lots of them.  No, i don't think
they're on display).

-matt

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