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*nix pronounciation

from tfa:

abbreviation like “Un*x” or “*nix” (the latter pronounced as "asternix", a play on the asterisk used for the wildcard)^{[citation needed]}

suggest:

abbreviation like “Un*x” or “*nix” (the latter pronounced as either"nix"or "asternix", a play on the asterisk used for the wildcard)^{[citation needed]}

--5o1[Launchpad.net]

Trademark issues

I revised the trademark section to reflect The Open Group's current recommendations.

I've reworked the article a bit, trying to establish consistent standards for the use of the U-word here, as a compromise between The Open Group's trademark rights and the public's free speech rights:

The original program developed by Bell Labs:Unix.
OSes that resemble it:"Unix-like"(the "scare quotes" to reflect that it's not a formally correct term).
OSes complying with the Single UNIX Specification:UNIX.

Tverbeek15:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

GNU/kFreeBSD

I'm addingGNU/kFreeBSDagain. Anyone have your discussion and/or ping-pong game aboutGNU/Linux naming controversyif you like, but please don't remove GNU/kFreeBSD because of that. Thanks. 62.57.140.216

Mac OS X

I edited the article sinceMac OS X10.5 is REAL Unix 10.0-10.4 is Unix-liketalk(talk) 06:49, 14 August 2008 (UTC+8)