From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Oct 24 16:16:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net (smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net [209.3.218.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C414937B479 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:16:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bellatlantic.net (client-151-198-135-33.nnj.dialup.bellatlantic.net [151.198.135.33]) by smtp02.teb1.iconnet.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id TAA13558; Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:16:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <39F6183B.D78D3D90@bellatlantic.net> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 19:16:11 -0400 From: Sergey Babkin X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-19990626-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en, ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Terry Lambert Cc: FengYue , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux References: <200010240739.AAA11051@usr01.primenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert wrote: > > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote: > > > > ->Differences... FreeBSD is a real Unix, while Linux is a ..how should I > > > > Hmmm. FreeBSD is not a UNIX, rather it's a UNIX alike OS. (Which really > > doesn't matter IMHO) > > > > Don't forget UNIX is a trademark of Open Group. > > Actually, it's a trademark of USL, licensed to The Open Group. USL is no more, for quite a few years now. I believe that SCO gave the ownership of UNIX trademark to Open Group. > I believe that the The Open Group license is exclusive, so I > don't know what impact Caldera's recent purchase has on their > ability to call Caldera Linux "UNIX". Well, actually Caldera has opposite problem: how to call UnixWare with Linux emulator "Linux". -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message