From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 21 17:46:45 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from thehousleys.net (frenchknot.ne.mediaone.net [24.147.224.201]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5CED37B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 17:46:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from thehousleys.net (baby.int.thehousleys.net [192.168.0.24]) by thehousleys.net (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e9M0kUQ75486; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:46:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jim@thehousleys.net) Message-ID: <39F238E5.309444B1@thehousleys.net> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:46:29 -0400 From: James Housley X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FengYue Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG FengYue wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote: > > ->Differences... FreeBSD is a real Unix, while Linux is a ..how should I > > Hmmm. FreeBSD is not a UNIX, rather it's a UNIX alike OS. (Which really > doesn't matter IMHO) > > Don't forget UNIX is a trademark of Open Group. > I believe a correct and true statement is "FreeBSD is a direct decendant of Unix(TM). Based on the BSD sources" Jim -- jeh@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power to Serve jim@TheHousleys.Net http://www.TheHousleys.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- If it happens once, it's a bug. If it happens twice, it's a feature. If it happens more than twice, it's windows. -- Luiz de Barros To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message