Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:35:47 +0200 From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The Unix Haters Handbook Message-ID: <86odx9pe3w.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20060603093810.601366af@hydrocodone.org> (slackwarewolf@comcast.net's message of "Sat, 3 Jun 2006 09:38:10 -0400") References: <447E9540.2020003@io.dk> <200606011357.11990.aren.tyr@gawab.com> <447F0062.8060302@daleco.biz> <20060601144317.47402556@hydrocodone.org> <867j3z3om6.fsf@xps.des.no> <20060603093810.601366af@hydrocodone.org>
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Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > Allen <slackwarewolf@comcast.net> writes: > > > Technically FreeBSD has more right than SCO UNIX to be called UNIX > > No. Unlike FreeBSD, SCO UnixWare is a direct descendent of the > > original AT&T Unix. > So is / was Free BSD. That's why AT&T sued. It's not quite that simple. Even at the time of the lawsuit, BSD had very little AT&T code in it, and the lawsuit was sparked primarily by BSDI's unauthorized use of the Unix trademark. Read this: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/kirkmck.html BTW, FreeBSD is spelled in one word, not two. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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