On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:40:58 +0000 (UTC)
roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote:

> In article <128ut3uqitovuff@corp.supernews.com>,
> SM Ryan  <wyrmwif@tango-sierra-oscar-foxtrot-tango.fake.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>
> Linux is not UNIX.  BSD isn't either.
>
> UNIX is a trademark of The Open Group (www.opengroup.org); see
> www.unix.org for OpenGroup's unix section.

Anyway SUS/POSIX is a better guide to the OS rather.

> No Linux or BSD systems have passed the UNIX certification programs.

Why would they want to? The BSD kernel is closer to what UNIX was than
it has become in the past decade. The Linux kernel has never tried to
be either.

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