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Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX?
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 15 Jan 1998 21:50:03 -0600
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Rudy Gireyev <rgireyev@yahoo.com> writes:
> ---Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com> wrote:
> > Have heard terms like UNIX 95, X/Open branding etc. tossed around.
> 
> Never heard of UNIX 95.
> X/Open is an organization dealing with standardization of X and its
> applications. Case in point you may never install or run X on your
> system and still have a UN*X or unix-like OS.

UNIX 95 is an X/Open (Open Group now, I guess) term for what used to
be called SPEC 1170, I believe.

-Dave