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Someone emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply
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Let's leave it unsettled so future nerd historians, 100 years from now, can hate us for not asking and write books speculating about it.
Or post the question on a forum, then post "response deleted" and then post a third one to say "Thanks! That was super-interesting!"
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