On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Rosanne DiMesio <dime...@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:18:40 -0500 > Albert Lee <tr...@forkgnu.org> wrote: > >> >> I notice you have reverted my edits to the FAQ on the wiki ( >> http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ?action=info ). As I was trying to clarify >> the shell metacharacter information and operating system/platform >> support, and add new file association instructions, I would like to >> know why this happened and what changes should be done. >> > Albert, > > Besides the problems Vitaliy has pointed out with your edits, your repeated > attempts to substitute "Unix" for "Linux" in multiple places is flat-out > wrong. "Unix" is a trademarked name, with a specific meaning. It is not a > generic synonym for Linux, BSD, etc. and should not be used as such. >
While "UNIX" is a trademark for Open Group certification, it has long existed as a generic term in engineering and academia to refer to the to set of standards that define systems with this heritage, and where these are being referred to it is much better than listing the implementations (and Wine does run on "UNIX" certified platforms). The Open Group even more strongly objects to the phrase "Unix-like". -Albert
