Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:29:15 -0400 From: Ipswitch <ipswitch@apk.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD v. Unix Message-ID: <20000711072915.A9541@junior.apk.net> In-Reply-To: <85256918.004F1A18.00@Deimos.smed.com>; from Joe.Warner@smed.com on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:25:31AM -0600 References: <85256918.004F1A18.00@Deimos.smed.com>
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On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:25:31AM -0600, Joe.Warner@smed.com wrote: > > > > I don't remember where exactly, but I have seen FreeBSD referred to as > > the "last true Unix." Is this a wholly accurate description? > > No. I don't think it's even partially accurate for any reasonable > definition of "partially". Recall that it shares no code with AT&T > UNIX up to and including the Seventh Edition. Some of the commercial ones are entitled to be called Unix. I believe that Sun can do this. SCO Unixware has, in many ways, the best claim on "Unix." It is now the definitive SysVr5 (and the only SysVr5 :-) It's pretty much meaningless. They're all the same, and they're all different. The overall concept is the same for all the unices, but the details differ a bit here and there. I've found things to admire about all of them. Stuart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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