Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:39:11 -0500 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: chat@freebsd.org, grog@lemis.de Cc: jdn@qiv.com, questions@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? Message-ID: <199701181739.MAA21794@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199701161827.MAA00582@papillon.lemis.de> (message from Greg Lehey on Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:27:54 -0600 (CST))
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>> Why not just say "A production quality Unix for IBM PCs" or something >> similar. (Is *nix or clone more politically correct?) Mentioning Linux >> at all suggests that Linux is somehow best of breed. FreeBSD offers me >> what Linux doesn't and Linux offers some things that FreeBSD doesn't. > This might be a possible alternative. Yes, the name UNIX is a trade > mark or some such, IANALB: If I recall correctly, Unix was never a *registered* trademark, which means that although AT&T tried to grab more of a share by making it a trademark, it has no legal force. -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu All my opinions are my own, not the FSF's, my employer's, or my dog's. Fourth law of computing: Anything that can go wro .signature: segmentation violation -- core dumped
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