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to: Oleg Lobachev
from: Bo Simonsen
date: 2002-12-29 17:42:40
subject: Linux is UNIX

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Hello Oleg!

Dec 28 19:12 02, Oleg Lobachev wrote to Bo Simonsen:

 OL>  * Forwarded from area 'unix'

 OL> Hallo Bo!

 OL> 28 дек 02 15:35, Bo Simonsen schrieb an All:

 BS>> I know Linux is not UNIX certificed, but it's a POSIX system. I heard
 BS>> OS/2 is a POSIX system too, but it's definately not a UNIX.

 OL> M$ claims Win2k a POSIX system, but it's surely not UNIX. =) Also QNX 
 OL> is AFAIK a POSIX-certificed system. But it's a real-time OS, which 
 OL> UNIX never was. Hence, IMHO UNIX \in POSIX, but POSIX \not\in UNIX.

It's the same argumentation for OS/2 is not a UNIX :-) I guess you can
describe a Unix system, from the userland. If it's a BSD/Gnu/Sun/etc is it
UNIX :-)

Regards,
Bo

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