Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 13:28:44 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: "Linux is UNIX, and FreeBSD is not?" Message-ID: <199806041128.NAA20861@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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As we probably all know, neither FreeBSD nor Linux can be legally called a "UNIX system" [*1]. However, this might change in the future, as far as Linux is concerned: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/980529/uniforum_a_2.html That article essentially says that there are efforts -- supported by The Open Group -- to get Linux the "UNIX98" brand. >From a technical point of view, I'd say that FreeBSD is certainly more "unixish" than Linux, given the fact that it is derived from 4.4BSD, while Linux is basically a complete rewrite (and besides: it is GNU, and "GNU's Not UNIX" ;-). Needless to say, I'm worried that one day Linux can be legally called a UNIX system, while FreeBSD (still) cannot. Regards Oliver [*1] http://www.UNIX-systems.org/what_is_unix.html and in particular: http://www.UNIX-systems.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18-61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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