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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!sgiblab!a2i!dhesi From: dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi) Subject: Re: What is unix? Message-ID: <C96r88.3o9@rahul.net> Sender: news@rahul.net (Usenet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: bolero Organization: a2i network References: <1993Jun25.011623.21529@spectrum.xerox.com> <1993Jun25.152721.14684@bert.eecs.uic.edu> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 16:31:19 GMT Lines: 15 In <1993Jun25.152721.14684@bert.eecs.uic.edu> zmola@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Carl Zmola) writes: > Unix(tm) is owned by (USL? Novell). If you don't pay for the >name, It's not UNIX. Nice, simple and legal (is that an oxmoron :-) ). > Carl > zmola@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu you claiming that the word UNIX is not used in a generic sense, but only as a trade mark? If not, then exactly what claim are you making? Have you done any research to establish a basis for your claims? -- Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@rahul.net> also: dhesi@cirrus.com