Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:41:00 -0700 From: "Duke Normandin" <01031149@3web.net> To: "Alejandro Ramirez" <ales@megared.net.mx>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD = Unix ??? Message-ID: <010f01bf6d16$f13a4860$369cc5d1@webserver>
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On Tuesday, February 01, 2000 12:50 PM Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> wrote: > Unix its a trademark, and the owner righ now I think its Santa Cruz >Operation, and all the systems that wants to be called unix, have to pay for >the use of the name. > >Greetings... >Ales > >----- Original Message ----- >From: J McKitrick <jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org> >To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 1:36 PM >Subject: BSD = Unix ??? > > >> I just read Greg's article on BSD advocacy. Just a question: Linux is >> actually a Unix clone. Can BSD be called Unix? Or are we just Unix >> compatible, or Unix-based? >> -- >> -=> jm <=- Putting aside politics, copyrights etc., can BSD rightly be called Unix? So my question then begs another: What are the ``core'' characteristics identifying an OS as Unix? How does BSD deviate from these? -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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