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

Douglas McIlroy douglas.mcilroy at dartmouth.edu
Sat Feb 15 23:11:44 AEST 2025


Although I edited the v7 through v10 manuals, I have no recollection of
why  "system" crept into the title between v7 and v8. Resistance to
trademark edicts did grow. In v10, the cover and the man pages proclaimed
"Unix". However, the fossilized spelling, "UNIX", still appeared in the
introduction to Volume 1 and scattered throughout Volume 2.

Doug
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