Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:19:10 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Greetings and Salutations Message-ID: <861vi3jxap.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <4B3FFEF5.4070208@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> (Programmer In Training's message of "Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:20:37 -0600") References: <4B3FFEF5.4070208@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > I started using Linux (I know, I know, FreeBSD is Unix) FreeBSD is not Unix, although it has a better claim than Linux since it is actually descended in direct line from Unix. Unix (which is actually spelled UNIX due to historical accident, but I can't bring myself to use that spelling) is a trademark, and only OS releases that have been certified as SUS-compliant by the Open Group may be referred to as Unix. The certification process is expensive and time-consuming and must be repeated for every new release - but that doesn't matter anyway, because FreeBSD, as it is today, would not pass certficiation. Ironically, most Linux distributions are much closer to SUS compliance than FreeBSD. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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