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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:12201 comp.bugs.4bsd:1980 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu!jgreely From: jgreely@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu (J Greely) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: 4.4BSD Release Date: 6 Jul 1993 17:07:39 -0400 Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 17 Sender: jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu Message-ID: <JGREELY.93Jul6170732@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu> References: <20qdsj$6rt@agate.berkeley.edu> <20vmq1INNf3g@CS.UTK.EDU> <ROB.93Jul1161349@gangrene.berkeley.edu> <C9IGKz.13z@kithrup.com> <ROB.93Jul1201153@gangrene.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu In-reply-to: rob@agate.berkeley.edu's message of 1 Jul 93 20:11:53 In article <ROB.93Jul1201153@gangrene.berkeley.edu> rob@agate.berkeley.edu (Rob Robertson) writes: >you can face getting sued by USL by saying `unix' the wrong way. Funny that they're rather selective about this. Every bookstore I've been in that has much in the way of computer books has a "Unix" (no trademark) section, in which they file books on SCO, Xenix, Solaris, NextStep, etc. Why, you might even find a copy of "The UNIX Programming Environment", which has no external (R) or TM decorations, on front, back, or spine. Of all the Unix books on my shelf, the only one that doesn't have an (R) on it came from Bell Labs. Go figure. As a consumer, I've certainly been lead to believe that "Unix" is a generic term for a class of operating systems sharing certain features... -- J Greely (jgreely@cis.ohio-state.edu; osu-cis!jgreely)