Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:31:36 -0500 From: A W R <andrewr@map.com> To: John D Duncan <jddst19+@pitt.edu> Cc: Diana <deichert@wrench.com>, Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? Message-ID: <34BFD1B8.2802FB36@map.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.980116152742.23993A-100000@unixs-eval.cis.pitt.edu>
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John D Duncan wrote: > > er, i haven't cared about this question for a few years, but the > last time i checked USL owned the unix name, and are charged > with the responsibility of keeping SysV the only "real" unix. > > Here's a small list of u*ix-like oses: > > Real unix: solaris 2 (sunos 5.4), a/ux, sco, irix (svr3). > > Fake unix: linux (posix), mach/bsd, 4.3/4 bsd, FreeBSD, > OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSD/OS, Interactive BSD, solaris 1 (sunos 4.x) > > Not quite unix: minix, coherent, etc. > > Makes unix-people happier: Cygnus Support's libraries for NT. > > ============== > > jddst19+@pitt.edu John Duncan > Freshman, University of Pittsburgh > > "I'm not a doctor, but I ate one at the UPMC..." > I believe your ideology is messed up. a/ux == apple's wannabe version of unix. Perhaps you were thinking of AIX, which is IBM's unix os that runs on the RS/6000 and other ibm risc machines. also, I would include System V, OSF (digital unix), dg-ux, and others. Also, I wouldnt call the Fake Unix section, fake unix. I would see it as unix-like os's based of the BSD 4.4 kernel. This doesn't make them fake, just unix like. Also, the section Not quite unix, is actually somewhat incorrect. minix is unix, just with a microkernel. I suggest while you are at upitt that you go and check out CMU... perhaps they can help you with this. Andrew. -- ------------------------------------------------------- A W R andrewr@map.com "it's 96 degrees in the shade" -------------------------------------------------------
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