Re: [TUHS] UNIX or unix

On 10 Nov 2019, at 00:07, Steve Johnson &lt;scj(a)yaccman.com&gt; wrote: I remember a story I heard second hand. The Bell System had so many acronyms that they published yearly a small book with all the acronyms in the Bell System. Somebody (Ken?, Doug?) got a call one year that they wanted to include UNIX in the book, so would we please tell them what UNIX stood for. The reply was that UNIX was not an acronym. So the caller said: "OK. We won't put it in the book..." Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clem Cole" &lt;clemc(a)ccc.com&gt; To:"Mary Ann Horton" &lt;mah(a)mhorton.net&gt; Cc:<tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org> Sent:Sat, 9 Nov 2019 16:23:04 -0500 Subject:Re: [TUHS] UNIX or unix In fact ATT legal had a document they sent to all commercial licensees around 1980 on proper use of the name. I wonder if I still have/can find a copy. But the lawyers were pretty clear. It was UNIX with ™ and later the R with a circle around beside the all caps letters after they registered it.