Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:59:26 -0600 From: Kelly McNeill <webmaster@osopinion.com> To: www@freebsd.org Subject: Important News Link Contribution Message-ID: <20010504200049.JVYW18489.femail17.sdc1.sfba.home.com@localhost>
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--Apple-Mail-51483828-6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 OS X Achieves Official UNIX=AE Certification http://www.osopinion.com/secondopinion/ Descriptive Quote from Editorial: "Today osOpinion published <a=20 href=3D"http://www.url.com">an editorial</a>, calling into question = Apple=20 Computer's legitimacy as an officially sanctioned "UNIX=AE vendor.=20 osOpinion called the Open Group and asked them what the company's stance=20= was on the issue. As it turned out, the Open group mentioned thatthey=20 were aware of Apple's usage of the term and would only go after the=20 company for trademark violation if it (or any company for that matter),=20= used the UNIX specification in such a way that may confuse buyers. Because the Open Group is aware of Apple's usage of the term and because=20= no such legal action has been made known to the public or press, the=20 obvious conclusions drawn were that Apple is not currently an officially=20= sanctioned UNIX, nor is the company in violation of trademark rights=20 with its marketing materials. Since that time, the Open Group has updated their web site to <a=20 href=3D"http://www.unix- = systems.org/what_is_unix/single_unix_specification.html#platform">include=20= Apple into its list</a> of vendors that support the single Unix=20 specification. This appears likely as a direct result to osOpinion's=20 publishing of the report. Now, not only is OS X a "Unix-like" OS, but is also a legitimate = vendor." -- Mr Kelly McNeill Managing Editor for osOpinion.com Technology opinion commentary for the people by the people http://www.osopinion.com -- --Apple-Mail-51483828-6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/enriched; charset=iso-8859-1 <bold><color><param>FFFF,0000,05E3</param><bigger><bigger>OS X Achieves Official UNIX=AE Certification</bigger></bigger></color></bold> = <color><param>0000,07A0,FFFF</param>http://www.osopinion.com/secondopinion= / </color> <bold>Descriptive Quote from Editorial: </bold>"Today osOpinion published <<a href=3D"http://www.url.com">an editorial<</a>, calling into question Apple Computer's legitimacy as an officially sanctioned "UNIX=AE vendor. osOpinion called the Open Group and asked them what the company's stance was on the issue. As it turned out, the Open group mentioned thatthey were aware of Apple's usage of the term and would only go after the company for trademark violation if it (or any company for that matter), used the UNIX specification in such a way that may confuse buyers.=20 Because the Open Group is aware of Apple's usage of the term and because no such legal action has been made known to the public or press, the obvious conclusions drawn were that Apple is not currently an officially sanctioned UNIX, nor is the company in violation of trademark rights with its marketing materials. Since that time, the Open Group has updated their web site to <<a = href=3D"http://www.unix-systems.org/what_is_unix/single_unix_specification= .html#platform">include Apple into its list<</a> of vendors that support the single Unix specification. This appears likely as a direct result to osOpinion's publishing of the report. Now, not only is OS X a "Unix-like" OS, but is also a legitimate vendor." -- <bold>Mr Kelly McNeill Managing Editor for osOpinion.com</bold> Technology opinion commentary for the people by the people <bold>http://www.osopinion.com</bold>; --= --Apple-Mail-51483828-6-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-www" in the body of the message
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