From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: GNU meaning
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 17:35:15 -0800
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Alain Bacon wrote:

> Hi, I must be the only one in this news group but I don't know what the
> GNU accronym stands for.
> I have read these three magical letters for some time now without even
> thinking about it but
> today it noticed the fact. So please anyone: what does GNU mean?

It supposedly stands for GNU's Not Unix.

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