Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/10/20:48:54
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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