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Date:      Fri, 02 Jun 2006 11:15:13 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The Unix Haters Handbook
Message-ID:  <867j3z3om6.fsf@xps.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20060601144317.47402556@hydrocodone.org> (slackwarewolf@comcast.net's message of "Thu, 1 Jun 2006 14:43:17 -0400")
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Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net> writes:
> Technically FreeBSD has more right than SCO UNIX to be called UNIX

No.  Unlike FreeBSD, SCO UnixWare is a direct descendent of the
original AT&T Unix.

> Legally who cares laws and computer science have really not ever
> mixed.

That is a scary attitude which no-one in the open source community can
afford to entertain.

> I've seen the web site and read it before. to me it looked like a
> windows guy who was paid to write down everything he was thinking
> about Windows and change the names.

Actually, the main author of the UNIX Hater's Handbook is a well-
regarded Unix and computer security expert who has written numerous
books on the subject.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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