From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 07:45:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A2216A41A for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:45:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrisom@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9446713C45B for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:45:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrisom@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id u77so859363pyb for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:45:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; bh=KErQCx+C84Ma7yx06PfY+PM93kknsgiScS0LOZ8ipkE=; b=IpiJv29v1yKbOTuHPjl3WNjURRnDRhw6bpIikmXsBbkSwi/g932mbTBVS6jPNw4J7gnRE7aGOH6gX14y+7LnU2pXSKJwWR9ISE4xHWbNeNyHfhc8IL2p11u3wOwyYCf0toKzRIn3gzv3l/yFxNRgq3YvLaVj04VIrtA5bGnu/dM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:cc:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=PdERRp8vyJqDrpQB9Zr0m91IJI+5kZjxYvmaOI+dFuK0+KOvJEVJCWak5Y1C/zGBnCZSulnnZE7yuHvkpuTNZDWOyiLJbM+h5UMkFBo3aHy6/9Xjlf+u2nhhXZUY4/eN3NS1Nlb4X/KTqcb2Wn9+G4cmIEKffAT1k+Tob0jN5t0= Received: by 10.35.32.3 with SMTP id k3mr1717025pyj.1192778373335; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:19:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.3? ( [74.134.230.123]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f77sm3852494pyh.2007.10.19.00.19.29 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:19:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20071018133421.B92952@prime.gushi.org> References: <20071018133421.B92952@prime.gushi.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <510f26db0abafbce9034ee3b199f83ef@gmail.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Joshua Isom Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:19:38 -0500 To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.624) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:45:24 -0000 If I recall correctly, only the i386 version of Leopard is Unix certified, so if you're still using a PowerPC, you're out of luck for upgrading to a Unix certified operating system. But I believe a previous version was if you'd like to downgrade. As far as I know, Unix certification is more about interoperability than anything else, but there's still the public perception about security and stability. For Apple, it's probably more about bragging rights and propaganda than anything else. Before saying I'm anti-Apple, I'm writing this email using Mail.app. On Oct 18, 2007, at 12:37 PM, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > 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. > > 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"? > > and > > b) How far short, technically, does FreeBSD fall from the standard > (we'll ignore operational semantics for the time being) > > -Dan > > -- > > "It's like GTA, except you pay for it, and you're allowed to use the > car." > > -Josh, on Zipcar on-demand car-rental, 3/20/05 > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Site: http://www.gushi.org > --------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >