Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:08:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Cc: Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? Message-ID: <19980117090846.08224@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34BE2FA2.7B201AEC@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>; from Ruslan Shevchenko on Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 05:47:47PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.3.89.9801151337.A21235-0100000@netcom18> <19980116113349.19517@lemis.com> <34BE2FA2.7B201AEC@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
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On Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 05:47:47PM +0200, Ruslan Shevchenko wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> Those of you who have been around UNIX for a while will know that all >> through the 80's, 4.xBSD was the leading edge of UNIX development, and >> that *all* current UNIX implementations (which effectively means >> System V) contain large parts of almost unchanged BSD code. With this >> background, which of these systems may *not* be called UNIX 95? >> >> UNIX System V >> 4.4BSD >> Microsoft NT >> > > NT ? You mean OpenNT ? I don't know. I've heard that NT passed UNIX 95 certification. I didn't ask for details. >> IBM OS/390 (formerly MVS) >> >> The answer is: 4.4BSD. The suits have disowned the very version of >> UNIX which made it what it is today. Since they also allowed such >> obviously non-UNIX systems as NT and OS/390 to be called UNIX, I don't >> think any of us care too much. Greg
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