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Why Linux Is Spelled Incorrectly
- mindcrime 8y agoNo, it isn't "incorrect". Linus named it "Linux" and, by definition, that is the correct spelling, end of story. Just because you can construct some linkage to previous, related, terms and find a place where "there wasn't supposed to be an X" doesn't mean Linus was ever bound to follow their convention(s).
- masonic 8y agoThis is just sad. I don't think the Unics moniker was ever used in any formal sense and not at all for over 45 years. Meanwhile, there have been UNIX, XENIX, POSIX, Unixware, ULTRIX, A/UX, Cromix, HP-UX, IRIX, ...