Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 18:02:21 -0500 From: "James A. Mutter" <jmutter@ds.net> To: James Clifford <james@base2.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD = Unix ??? Message-ID: <389765FD.72B791AD@ds.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002011444590.2568-100000@euclid.base2.org>
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James Clifford wrote: > > I think that the trademark is an important issue, but while Linux is build > to work like Unix, *BSD can actually trace its roots back to AT&T. It's > not a Unix workalike but is actually a Unix... except for the licensing > issues of the offical name. > And I say who cares? If a UNIX or UNIX-like OS existed which were entirely capable of doing a job and doing that job well, would you discard it because it couldn't trace it's official roots back to AT&T UNIX? That's just silly. As for BSD it has sufficient strengths that it's heritage isn't really all that important. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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