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From: bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: The Names of the Beast (contd)
Message-ID: <3767@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: 15 Aug 89 14:42:48 GMT
References: <20515@adm.BRL.MIL> <1615@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Reply-To: bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton)
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In article <1615@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes:
>I always thought Sun missed a good opportunity when they named their
>version.  We could have had Sunix instead of this boring SunOS....

I understand, but...

"Soonix?"

That's how I would pronounce it.

Sunnix isn't quite the same, somehow.

				--Blair
				  "Name recognition is very important,
				   you know.  For companies, too."