Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/11/25/23:35:17
John M. Aldrich wrote:
>
> Peter Palotas wrote:
> >
> > I can't understand what they mean with that, there must be another original
> > meaning to GNU, right? What does the G in GNU stand for, it can't stand
> > for GNU, can it!?
>
> In fact, it can. It's a recursive acronym; GNU stands for GNU's Not
> Unix. If the original 'G' ever stood for anything, I have no idea what
> it could be, although the reference to the hooved mammal known as the
> "gnu" is probably the most likely reason for picking 'G'. :)
>
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I haven't followed this thread totally, so my answer may be a bit off,
but as to what GNU stands for, back in the mid-1980's it stood for
"Gratefully Not Unix", apparently as some kind of protest against Unix
policies of the time. I'm afraid I don't know the details, as I wasn't
into Unix or similar OS'es at the time.
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