Programmer In Training <p...@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> writes: > I started using Linux (I know, I know, FreeBSD is Unix)
FreeBSD is not Unix, although it has a better claim than Linux since it is actually descended in direct line from Unix. Unix (which is actually spelled UNIX due to historical accident, but I can't bring myself to use that spelling) is a trademark, and only OS releases that have been certified as SUS-compliant by the Open Group may be referred to as Unix. The certification process is expensive and time-consuming and must be repeated for every new release - but that doesn't matter anyway, because FreeBSD, as it is today, would not pass certficiation. Ironically, most Linux distributions are much closer to SUS compliance than FreeBSD. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
