From: Rick Currie Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: I have some question. Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:43:51 -0800 Organization: PACCAR Technical Center Lines: 25 Message-ID: <347B8CE6.3F42@paccar.com> References: <3 DOT 0 DOT 16 DOT 19971124180152 DOT 2fb7c506 AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se> <347B1938 DOT 5754 AT cs DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rick-currie.techcenter.paccar.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk 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'. :) > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > | John M. Aldrich | "Sin lies only in hurting other | > | aka Fighteer I | people unnecessarily. All other | > | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | 'sins' are invented nonsense." | > | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.