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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 2003 09:52:27 -0800
From:      John Martinez <rolnif@mac.com>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: what's unix and what's not
Message-ID:  <9538316.1069869147841.JavaMail.rolnif@mac.com>

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On Tuesday, November 25, 2003, at 06:55PM, Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> wrote:

>how similar does something have 
>to look to UNIX before it actually is UNIX?

For the official definition, start here:

<http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/>;

Personally, I lump SVR4 derivatives (Solaris, HP-UX and others) and the BSDs as "UNIX" with different personality types. Linux I would say is a close cousin or even a half brother at this point.

-john



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