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Subject: Re: UNIX System
To: mcvickhd@audlan.state.in.us (Hugh D. McVicker)
Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 11:22:21 +0200 (MET DST)
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Hugh D. McVicker writes:
>
> Is Freebsd a UNIX operating system for PCs?

Yes and no.  FreeBSD is derived from UNIX, but as of a couple of years
ago, the term "UNIX" is a trade mark, not a description of an
operating system.  As a result, FreeBSD many not be called UNIX.  I'm
still wondering, however, whether it may not be called "Berkeley
UNIX".

Greg