all BSDs are Unix
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| grouch Jun 24, 2006 6:49 AM EDT |
'This Bangladeshi news site (in English) has managed to produce a reasonably accurate intro to GNU/Linux. I thought OpenBSD is "UNIX" though. Otherwise, a good intro for newbies - dcparris' OpenBSD is not a UNIX[tm] system. OpenBSD, like all BSDs, is Unix by genetics (heritage). It costs a lot of money to be able to use the Open Group's trademark. No one in their right mind would pay that for a system that is otherwise free (both senses). Remember the USL v. BSD case resulted in the settlement that set BSD free. References: http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/flavors_of_unix.html http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=legal-docs... http://www.opensource.org/sco-vs-ibm.html http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/bsdi/bsdisuit.htm http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041126130302760&m... |
| dcparris Jun 24, 2006 7:19 AM EDT |
Oh, that's right. They're not allowed to use the trademark. Doh! |
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