From 7e4ec33e095c6923fd13c56a9cf6c4083dbd116d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Stephen L. Favor" Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 14:45:29 +0000 Subject: Initial revision --- hurd-name.html | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hurd-name.html (limited to 'hurd-name.html') diff --git a/hurd-name.html b/hurd-name.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..79aa5b9d --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd-name.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ + + + +What the name Hurd means - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) + + + +

What the name ``Hurd'' means

+ [image of a Hurd Metafont Logo] (jpeg 10k) +(jpeg 20k) +no gifs due to patent problems + +

+ +"Hurd" stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons". +And, then, "Hird" stands for "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth". + +

+ +We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a +pair of mutually recursive acronyms. + +

+ +---Michael (now Thomas) Bushnell + +

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