diff --git a/entries/Unix.txt b/entries/Unix.txt index 66dde26..592c986 100644 --- a/entries/Unix.txt +++ b/entries/Unix.txt @@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ a uniquely flexible and developer-friendly environment. By 1991, Unix had become the most widely used multiuser general-purpose operating system in the world and since 1996 the variant called Linux has been at the cutting edge of the open source movement. Many people consider the success of Unix -the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition (but -see Unix weenie and Unix conspiracy for an opposing point of view). See +the most important victory yet of hackerdom over industry opposition. See Version 7 , BSD , Linux. Archetypal hackers ken (left) and dmr (right). Some people are confused over whether this word is appropriately UNIX or Unix ; both forms are common, and used interchangeably. Dennis Ritchie says that @@ -25,4 +24,3 @@ papers, on the grounds that the word is not acronymic. He failed, and eventually (his words) wimped out on the issue. So, while the trademark today is UNIX , both capitalizations are grounded in ancient usage; the Jargon File uses Unix in deference to dmr's wishes. - diff --git a/entries/Weenix.txt b/entries/Weenix.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 9ace92c..0000000 --- a/entries/Weenix.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,13 +0,0 @@ -Weenix - -/weeniks/ , n. 1. [ITS] A derogatory term for Unix , derived from Unix -weenie. According to one noted ex-ITSer, it is the operating system -preferred by Unix Weenies: typified by poor modularity, poor reliability, -hard file deletion, no file version numbers, case sensitivity everywhere, -and users who believe that these are all advantages. (Some ITS fans behave -as though they believe Unix stole a future that rightfully belonged to them. -See ITS , sense 2.) 2. [Brown University] A Unix-like OS developed for -tutorial purposes at Brown University. See -http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs167/weenix.html. Named independently of -the ITS usage. -