Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 19:45:42 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: trzy@powernet.net (Bart) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Seriously considering FreeBSD Message-ID: <199808252345.TAA00585@lucy.bedford.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980825150935.007eb540@powernet.net> from Bart at "Aug 25, 98 03:09:35 pm"
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Bart wrote:
> I am seriously considering FreeBSD as an alternative to Windows 95. But can
> I run Windows and FreeBSD side-by-side? is FreeBSD a 100% UNIX compatible
> OS? Thanks!
>
Can't run them at the same time. But they can exist on the same
machine, on different harddrive partitions.
BSD is 100% Unix. It doesn't call itself UNIX because of a trademark
issue. FreeBSD traces from the 4.4BSD release from the U.C.B.
Usually the question of a "branded" system like Solaris or Linux
is "Is it SysV compatible or BSD compatible?", those being the two
main threads of Unix development.
Dave
--
Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis.
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