From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 18 09:39:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA21394 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 09:39:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu (albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu [128.52.46.31]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA21370; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 09:39:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu by albert.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12GNU) with ESMTP id MAA28556; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:40:59 -0500 Received: by kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.6.12/4.0) id ; Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:39:11 -0500 Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:39:11 -0500 Message-Id: <199701181739.MAA21794@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: chat@freebsd.org, grog@lemis.de CC: jdn@qiv.com, questions@freebsd.org, chat@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199701161827.MAA00582@papillon.lemis.de> (message from Greg Lehey on Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:27:54 -0600 (CST)) Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Why not just say "A production quality Unix for IBM PCs" or something >> similar. (Is *nix or clone more politically correct?) Mentioning Linux >> at all suggests that Linux is somehow best of breed. FreeBSD offers me >> what Linux doesn't and Linux offers some things that FreeBSD doesn't. > This might be a possible alternative. Yes, the name UNIX is a trade > mark or some such, IANALB: If I recall correctly, Unix was never a *registered* trademark, which means that although AT&T tried to grab more of a share by making it a trademark, it has no legal force. -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu All my opinions are my own, not the FSF's, my employer's, or my dog's. Fourth law of computing: Anything that can go wro .signature: segmentation violation -- core dumped