Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:06:30 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "Dan Mahoney\, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification. Message-ID: <44fy08z49l.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20071018133421.B92952@prime.gushi.org> (Dan Mahoney's message of "Thu\, 18 Oct 2007 13\:37\:14 -0400 \(EDT\)") References: <20071018133421.B92952@prime.gushi.org>
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"Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> writes: > I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. > > I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done this yet is: > It costs a lot of money. Yes, and has to be re-done regularly. > That said, if in theory one were to try to get the operating system > certified (say, to increase awareness and market share versus the > penguinistas)... > > a) approximately how much money is "a lot"? http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/Brandfees.htm > and > > b) How far short, technically, does FreeBSD fall from the standard > (we'll ignore operational semantics for the time being) Compliance is an ongoing effort, but basically FreeBSD is pretty close.
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