[net.unix-wizards] What's the difference between UNIX and UN*X?

lsk (10/26/82)

I have noticed some references to UN*X, seemingly more
prevalent in BTL news groups. What's the significance of the
'*' instead of an 'I' (UN*X vs UNIX)???
Larry S. Kaufman, WECO, NSC, Lisle

andrew.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay@sri-unix (11/12/82)

From:     Andrew Scott Beals <andrew.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay>
Date:     29 Oct 82 19:04:02 EDT  (Fri)
when someone says UN*X, they mean a product similar to
UNIX(tm), which has holy water from bell sprinkled on it.
(it could also just ref. all types of holy-water-sprinkled unix --
ie xenix (from microsoft), because they tend to have
varying names.)