Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes:
> I started using Linux (I know, I know, FreeBSD is Unix)
FreeBSD is not Unix, although it has a better claim than Linux since it
is actually descended in direct line from Unix. Unix (which is actually
spelled UNIX due to historical accident, but I can't bring myself to use
that spelling) is a trademark, and only OS releases that have been
certified as SUS-compliant by the Open Group may be referred to as Unix.
The certification process is expensive and time-consuming and must be
repeated for every new release - but that doesn't matter anyway, because
FreeBSD, as it is today, would not pass certficiation. Ironically, most
Linux distributions are much closer to SUS compliance than FreeBSD.
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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