Why Linux Is Spelled Incorrectly

The whole article is based on the x in Linux being wrong because Unix should have been called Unics seems thin. The 2017 interview with Kernighan makes it sound like it was Unix from very early on.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7035

Who else thinks Lunduke should double down and change his by-line from former Linux Marketing Guy (tm) to former Linucs Marketing Guy (tm)?