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Date:      Tue, 01 Feb 2000 18:02:21 -0500
From:      "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net>
To:        James Clifford <james@base2.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD = Unix ???
Message-ID:  <389765FD.72B791AD@ds.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011444590.2568-100000@euclid.base2.org>

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James Clifford wrote:
> 
> I think that the trademark is an important issue, but while Linux is build
> to work like Unix, *BSD can actually trace its roots back to AT&T. It's
> not a Unix workalike but is actually a Unix... except for the licensing
> issues of the offical name.
> 

And I say who cares?  If a UNIX or UNIX-like OS existed which were
entirely capable of doing a job and doing that job well, would you
discard it because it couldn't trace it's official roots back to AT&T
UNIX?  That's just silly.  As for BSD it has sufficient strengths that
it's heritage isn't really all that important.


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