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From: guyd@austin.ibm.com (Guy Dawson)
Subject: Re: What is unix?
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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1993 17:44:18 GMT
References: <1993Jun25.011623.21529@spectrum.xerox.com> <1993Jun25.152721.14684@bert.eecs.uic.edu>
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In article <1993Jun25.152721.14684@bert.eecs.uic.edu>, zmola@bert.eecs.uic.edu (Carl Zmola) writes:
> leisner@hydrus (Marty Leisner x71348 ) writes:
>
> >Here's a letter I'm sending to Open Systems Today.
> >I can't believe they said BSD/386 is a "unix lookalike".
>
>
> > I'm not sure I understand what your saying? Are you putting
> > this in the same class as Linux, Minix, Lynx, QNX and everything
> > which ends in n[i]x?
>
> > Even though BSD/386 is not stamped Unix by USL, it is very
> > much BSD unix...
>
>
> 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 :-) ).
But can it by 'Unix' without being 'UNIX'? Or should that be the otherway
arround?
>
> Carl
> zmola@cicero.spc.uchicago.edu
>
Guy
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