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Someone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply (files.mastodon.social)
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[–] peterhorvath@mastodon.de -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

@victorz They are not even similar on English.

[–] J_N_F@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Unix and eunuchs. They are very similar.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

But yes they are.

Also I think you mean "in English". Is your native language perhaps Scandinavian or otherwise close to German?