Re: All caps for UNIX (for no good reason)

Subject: Re: All caps for UNIX (for no good reason)
From: "nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 05:39:52 -0400


David writes:
> There are many apocryphal stories around. As far as I know, the
> original developers have not said why they did it as they did.

I'll try to find a source and get back to y'all.

> However, the initial documents were not in small caps but in the real,
> genuine article. That is how the original copyright documents had it
> when they were filed by Bell Labs.

My understanding is that such copyright documents are case-insensitive
(and small-caps-insensitive a fortiori).


Mark L. Levinson
Herzliya, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il


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