From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Jul 11 4:37:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from madcap.apk.net (madcap.apk.net [207.54.158.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E546237BEF1 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 04:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ipswitch@junior.apk.net) Received: from junior.apk.net (ipswitch@junior.apk.net [207.54.158.20]) by madcap.apk.net (8.9.3/8.9.3/apk.990812+rchk1.22+bspm1.13.1.5) with ESMTP id HAA02538 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:29:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from ipswitch@localhost) by junior.apk.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA16095 for freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:29:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Real-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 07:29:15 -0400 From: Ipswitch To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD v. Unix Message-ID: <20000711072915.A9541@junior.apk.net> References: <85256918.004F1A18.00@Deimos.smed.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.6i In-Reply-To: <85256918.004F1A18.00@Deimos.smed.com>; from Joe.Warner@smed.com on Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:25:31AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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