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To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32?
Message-ID: <19970210.173501.4967.5.chambersb@juno.com>
References: <14781 DOT 9702102238 AT orkney DOT dcs DOT st-andrews DOT ac DOT uk>
From: chambersb AT juno DOT com (Benjamin D Chambers)
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 20:32:52 EST
Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net

On Mon, 10 Feb 97 22:38:25 +0000 dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk writes:
>[...]
>>Which is it? LINUX (according to 2) or Linux (according to 3)?
>
>Well, pedantically it isn't an acronym, so Linux.  Pronunciation? 
>Don't even 
>*ask*. comp.os.linux.advocacy has been having a flame war about it 
>for, um... 
>let me see. How long has Linux been around?
Actually, Linus Torvaldes (I hope I didn't mispell his name ;) released
an .au file with a recording of him stating:
"Hello, this is Linus Torvaldes, and I pronounce Linux: Linux."
The pronunciation was L-IN-(As in, IN)-UX-(As in, sucks).

Amazingly, it didn't solve the problem :)

...Chambers

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