Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 13:49:30 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines <A.J.Caines@altavista.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.3 is UNIX? Message-ID: <20010611134930.E581@hal9000.servehttp.com> In-Reply-To: <20010606010421.B1421@gaia.home.rdls.net>; from rdls@rdls.net on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:04:22AM %2B0100 References: <20010604204601.S49449@hal9000.servehttp.com> <20010606010421.B1421@gaia.home.rdls.net>
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Richard, > > What caught my eye right away was the new legend on the CD case, which > > reads > > "A Full High-performance 32/64 bit UNIX Operating System" > > FWIW, the word "UNIX" (in isolation) has always appeared somewhere on the > CD case, at least since I started subscribing (2.2.6-RELEASE) You're correct. On the back there is the description of FreeBSD as "a ... UNIX-compatible operating system", going back to at least 2.2.7. While the OpenGroup may not be completely happy with "UNIX-compatible", it is a world of difference between this and calling an operating system "UNIX". -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@altavista.net | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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