Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!ptsfa!dmt From: dmt@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Dave Turner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: GCOS field Message-ID: <4604@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> Date: 2 Dec 88 18:03:27 GMT References: <7996@dasys1.UUCP> <4400001@mrevox.UUCP> <5544@edsews.EDS.COM> Reply-To: dmt@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Dave Turner) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 17 In article <5544@edsews.EDS.COM> charette@edsews.EDS.COM (Mark A. Charette) writes: > >Not so farfetched. GCOS did stand for General Electric Comprehensive >Operating System, but changed to General Comprehensive Operating System >after Honeywell bought the GE computer division. Multics ran on the Almost right. I have a Honeywell ad from about 10 years ago that says that GCOS means: General Comprehensive Operating Supervisor -- Dave Turner 415/542-1299 {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!dmt