Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 18:18:28 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Use of the UNIX Trademark Message-ID: <20011018181828.B2096@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011018110048.B95006@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 11:00:49AM %2B0930 References: <01100820163507.00577@gunnar.weygold.edu> <000501c15083$5f1787c0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20011010133330.I82541@wantadilla.lemis.com> <87adyq2md5.fsf@ralf.artlogix.com> <20011018110048.B95006@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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Is this discussion *still* going on .. :) In Britain vacuum cleaners are referred to as "hoovers" although I guess hoovers other than Hoovers don't use that name in public. But it is also a verb "to hoover". Hasn't Un*x* achieved the same status ? Conversation: "I am just going to Unix for a while" "Oh what brand of Unix do you use ?" "Oh, FreeBSD of course, I find it reaches parts other unixes just don't reach". Or you could just do a "Prince" on it. "FreeBSD, the operating system formerly known as Unix". There are only two testis of whether a system is a Unix or not, and Windows NT probably would not pass them. Does it have an editor called "ed" available ? And does it support programs named after the author's dog ? -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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