From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 07:17:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 304AE16A4CE for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:17:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp10.wxs.nl (smtp10.wxs.nl [195.121.6.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D740D43FE1 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:17:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from akruijff@www.kruijff.org) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by smtp10.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with ESMTP id <0HPB00D8SPT8QK@smtp10.wxs.nl> for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:34:21 +0100 (MET) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id hB3Eaavv001739; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:36:36 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff@Alex.lan) Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id hB3EaZDv001738; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:36:35 +0100 (CET envelope-from akruijff) Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:36:35 +0100 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <20031126023643.6d69decd.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> To: Vulpes Velox Message-id: <20031203143635.GD394@dds.nl> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i References: <000701c3b2ef$a617a080$7ffc2dd5@workstation> <20031126012951.GC1068@dds.nl> <3FC410B5.6050807@cyberlifelabs.com> <20031126023643.6d69decd.kitbsdlists@HotPOP.com> cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: Milo Hyson Subject: Re: what's unix and what's not X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:17:36 -0000 On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:36:43AM -0600, Vulpes Velox wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:32:21 -0800 > Milo Hyson wrote: > > > It is my understanding that the Linux kernel was built from scratch. It > > may be patterned after UNIX, but it wasn't based on it. BSD, on the > > other hand, is derived (indirectly) from the original work by Ritchie > > and Thompson. Of course, I may be on crack.... > > Yeah, more or less... it was mainly created as a minix clone, iirc. >From the data i have Minux was based on Unix v7 somewere in the mid 80 because a profferor wasn't allowed to use Unix as an example to its students. Even if the code wasn't simply copied then it would still be based on apperence to Unix and have has serveral times where it imported BSD code. So way not call it Unix? It proberbly has a legal argument. I have a jpg (900K) and a psd (12M) file with every UNIX OS for those who like to have this. -- Alex P.S. Please CC me. Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/