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  2. From: Nick Christie <nick.christie@oucs.ox.ac.uk>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: What's our OS called?
  5. Date: 17 Jan 1996 13:52:21 GMT
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  8. References: <DKyp3w.M19@csc.liv.ac.uk> <1996Jan11.215621.13009@scala.scala.com> <9601131157.AA001r3@notb.demon.co.uk> <1996Jan16.182211.6933@scala.scala.com>
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  15. darren@scala.scala.com ("Darren M. Greenwald") wrote:
  16. >In article <9601131157.AA001r3@notb.demon.co.uk> Ken Eccles <keneccles@notb.demon.co.uk> writes:
  17. >>But then AmigaDOS rolls off the tongue more fluently than AmigaOS does
  18. >>(IMO anyway! =o). AmigaOS.. sounds like there's something missing..
  19. >
  20. >You are correct in noting that the Amiga Operating System could
  21. >really use an official name, hopefully one that is marketable (or
  22. >at least memorable). [...]
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  24. Hence the (mis)use of the term "Workbench".
  25. And we're back where this thread started.
  26.  
  27. Nick
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