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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cu23.crl.aecl.ca!wu1.wl.aecl.ca!not-for-mail From: keelings@wl.aecl.ca (S. Keeling) Newsgroups: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Questions about Linux vs. FreeBSD... Followup-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy Date: 20 Dec 1995 15:35:28 -0600 Organization: Ragnar Danneskjold's School of Confrontational Politics and Gunboat Diplomacy Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4b9vj0$sti@wu1.wl.aecl.ca> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4aqdpk$552@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <4avctb$bk5@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu> <Pine.BSD.3.91.951217122906.10281D-100000@village.ios.com> Reply-To: keelings@wl.aecl.ca NNTP-Posting-Host: wu1.wl.aecl.ca Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.os.linux:6600 comp.os.linux.advocacy:31054 comp.os.linux.misc:76746 comp.os.linux.setup:33200 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10921 In article <Pine.BSD.3.91.951217122906.10281D-100000@village.ios.com>, Eric Vought <adfh@village.ios.com> wrote: >> Without starting another flame war..but has someone PAID to have FreeBSD >> approved as a *REAL* unix? If not then it's in the same boat as Linux.=) > >Um... If it looks like UNIX, is compliant with UNIX standards (as much as >any other UNIX is `standard'), runs UNIX software, etc, who cares who has >approved it? Uhhhhh, AT&T? USL? Now SCO? The owners of the name and trademark "Unix"? [And I agree: on this point, FreeBSD and Linux are in the same boat.] >After all, if it has a bill like a duck, lays eggs like a duck, and has >webbed feet like a duck... its a platypus! Which makes it _not_ Unix, but close enough, and inexpensive enough for me to use it. -- "Remember, obsolescence (Win95) isn't an accident; it's an art form!" keelings@wl.aecl.ca s. keeling, aecl - whiteshell labs