"Cecile Chi" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:9t0tbo0649@enews1.newsguy.com...
> In a message dated 11/15/01 10:55:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << > Question here amongst us ignorant people.
> >
> > Is Linux pronounced loooonex as in rhythm's with Unix
> >
> > or is it lie nex
> >
> > or ??
> >>
> I've always heard that Linus Torvald pronounces his name "Lin-us", to
> rhyme with Linda, and therefore he wants Linux to be pronounced the
> same way, with a short "i".
This is true according to Bruce Perens, who should know 8^).
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