[TUHS] Unix, eunuchs?

John Cowan cowan at ccil.org
Tue Jun 6 23:58:13 AEST 2006


Jose R Valverde scripsit:

> The pun might have stemmed from another variant. Like
> EUNICE.

I think that's unlikely: the Unix/eunuchs pun is much closer
than anything involving "Eunice".

I remember Eunice quite fondly: it was the first thing I
installed on the first Microvax II I got my hands on back
in the mid-80s.

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