Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:39:42 -0700 From: Steve Leibel <stevel@bluetuna.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about freeBSD vs Unix Message-ID: <v04210117b5cc9774afa1@[192.168.100.2]> In-Reply-To: <200008252111.e7PLB5U01228@ptavv.es.net> References: <200008252111.e7PLB5U01228@ptavv.es.net>
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At 2:11 PM -0700 8/25/00, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 21:44:38 -0700 (PDT) > > From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com> > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, m bram wrote: > > > > > Hi. A quick question. Does freeBSD basically emulate a UNIX system. In > > > other words, if I knew how to work under a unix administrator, would I > > > therefore be totally comfortable with a freeBSD system. ARe there majore > > > differences? Thanks for taking the time to read this & respond. > > > > As far as the question you asked goes, FreeBSD _is_ an operating system > > that descends from Berkeley unix. FreeBSD is unix. (as far as I am > > concerned) It does not emulate unix. It cannot legally be called Unix > > owing to trademark issues. > >Sort of. In the convoluted path from AT&T to today, the Unix source >code and rights to the name were sold to Novell, now Caldera. Novell >later re-sold the rights to the code base for SCO. As far as I know, >SCO still owns these rights. But the name "UNIX" was given to X/Open >which has adopted a complex standard of what is "UNIX". These go well >beyond Posix. > >Any "UNIX like" system may apply to X/Open for the right to use the >"UNIX" name. Compaq has the right to call Tru64 UNIX. Several other >Unix implementations also have the certification, but as far as I >know, all are commercial. (I assume X/Open wants payment for the >certification and the various BSD projects are unlikely to want to >spend money like this.) > > > > > FreeBSD is unix (lower case) but not Unix(tm). > >Actually, FreeBSD IS Unix. Just look at the box it comes in (from >Fry's, CompUSA or other retail outlet). The word is clearly placed >right on the front of the box. (The word "FreeBSD" is much harder to >find since the folks at BSDI thought that "Free" could be a negative.) As I understand the original poster's question, the simple answer is "YES." There are differences among all the Unices, but if you can sysadmin and/or program on one, you can easily transition to any other. Steve L To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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