31 Mar
2002
31 Mar
'02
12:38 a.m.
On Saturday, 30 March 2002 at 12:03:28 +0100, Lars Buitinck wrote:
Thus spake Greg 'groggy' Lehey
<grog(a)lemis.com>:
No, Siemens and Nixdorf merged in the early 90s.
Note that in English, the X is usually pronounced like an S ("zie
niks"). Siemens made a pun on this with their Sinix product; "Sinix"
in German is pronounced the same way as "XENIX" in English :-)
Siemens' computer division is (or was) called Nixdorf... I always read Sinix as SIemens NIXdorf
Interesting derivation, but Sinix has been around since before Siemens
and Nixdorf merged.
Greg
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