I understand that MULTICS is the father of Primos/VMS and the Grandfather of Windows/NT (If you believe the rumors). Unix was designed to be an O/S where all the bells and whistles were removed. If you imagine an emasculated MULTICS, well that's unix.
I remember an urban myth that UNIX was called EUNICH (supporting the above statement), but as that name could never be sold to a male dominated IT environment....unix, which sounds like eunich, was introduced.
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I understand that MULTICS is the father of Primos/VMS and the Grandfather of Windows/NT (If you believe the rumors). Unix was designed to be an O/S where all the bells and whistles were removed. If you imagine an emasculated MULTICS, well that's unix. I remember an urban myth that UNIX was called EUNICH (supporting the above statement), but as that name could never be sold to a male dominated IT environment....unix, which sounds like eunich, was introduced. Ray D