From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 14:40:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA03013 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:40:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA02984 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 14:40:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA03955; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:08:47 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA22477; Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:08:47 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980117090846.08224@lemis.com> Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 09:08:46 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Ruslan Shevchenko Cc: Das Devaraj , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD UNIX? References: <19980116113349.19517@lemis.com> <34BE2FA2.7B201AEC@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <34BE2FA2.7B201AEC@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>; from Ruslan Shevchenko on Thu, Jan 15, 1998 at 05:47:47PM +0200 Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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