[TUHS] The Case of UNIX vs. The UNIX System

segaloco via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Sat Feb 15 09:14:17 AEST 2025


On Friday, February 14th, 2025 at 2:55 PM, Ron Natalie <ron at ronnatalie.com> wrote:

> The lawyers insisted that Unix be upper case and only used as an adjective.
> 
> 
> That is required for trademarks. A trademark has to be an adjective describing a generic noun.

I'm now reminded of Streams vs STREAMS.  The current project I'm working on at
work is similarly shouted when written despite internal references being an old
crusty name in more natural casing that we all still use within the team.

This is why I love the UNIX story, it helps me rationalize things in my day to
day...or perhaps understand others rationale which is anything but to me...

- Matt G.


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