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Subject: Re: FreeBSD - Linux / Unix ?
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Beheer" <beheer@radecom.nl>
> Subject: Re: FreeBSD - Linux / Unix ?
> 

Much of what the responder said here is right, but I think there might be
just one little point to pick.

> ... lots excised ...

> > > B.      Unix
> Depends on what you mean by Unix. There is code in it that derives from the
> original AT&T UNIX. 

It is this.  Although the idea of Unix may have started in Bell Labs,
I thought the big lawsuits 10+ years ago and lots of work by early
developers settled that no code in the current BSD line can be said
to derive from Bell Labs code. 

////jerry

> > > Thanks and have a great week / day / whatever ;],
> > > Gil.
> >
> > see:  http://www.schellong.de/div/fbsd_cmp.pdf
> >
> > Richard.
> >