When you have multiple ways to interpret what someone says, it's generally a good idea to assume best intentions. In this case Linux pipes would then refer to pipes in Linux, rather than implied ownership or origin. This avoids a lot of unnecessary squabbling
So pipes in Linux are significantly different than other pipelines? Was the wheel really reinvented when Linux was developed from Minux, such that the Minix pipeline implementation was abandoned? RLY??! I doubt it.
It's just how language works. You can say "The desert sun is making me thirsty", even when in fact it is the same sun. It's not even located in the desert, nor is it doing anything special at all. Still somehow everyone intuitively knows what you mean.
