In a previous message, Karel Jansens typed vigorously:
>> That sounds logical if you realize that the X also has a relation with
>> OS X core wich is based in UNIX, BTW, it would be interesting to trace
>> back what does the X stands for in UNIX.
>
>UNIX is to my knowledge not an acronym, and certainly nothing fancy like
>those recursive thingies some of those gee^H^H^H clever developers come up
>with.
>
>It may have something to do with Multics, the operating system it was
>supposed to improve upon.
Here's some additional scoop:
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/html/entry/Unix.html
g.
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