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In article <18mebnINNa5a@early-bird.think.com> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <1992Sep10.015507.27974@fcom.cc.utah.edu> terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
>>	The "glee" comes from the appearance of endorsement of an apparent
>>"common use" of the term by non-critical mention of it in an official AT&T
>>document.  Since it was an official document, it state a position by AT&T
>>on the matter by it's reference.
>
>I didn't see an endorsement of the common misuse of the term, I saw an
>acknowledgement of it.  The purpose of a sentence that says, "BSD Unix is
>commonly called Berkeley Unix," serves the purpose of clarifying things for
>readers who have heard the term "Berkeley Unix".  As much as AT&T and USL
>try to assert their trademark, they live in the real world and must deal
>with the fact that many people use the shorthand "Berkeley Unix".

Your quote says it all: "BSD Unix is commonly called Berkeley Unix".  If
it isn't an endorsement of the term "Berkeley Unix", it *is* one of
"BSD Unix".  Either way, it still appears to endorse the idea that "Unix"
is a noun and "BSD" is an adjective modifier under "proper use", even if
"Berkeley" isn't.


					Terry Lambert
					terry_lambert@gateway.novell.com
					terry@icarus.weber.edu

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