OT: Unix or UNIX or unix

Christopher Chan christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk
Thu Jun 11 02:36:17 UTC 2009


> It wasn't really accurate in numerous places.  I used SCO Unix on an 
> intel platform, a pc, in 1991.  That was UNIX.  It ran fine on a standard 
> PC that would normally run windows.  The real difference between Linux 
> and Unix is that Unix is a trademarked name and you have to pay and pass 
> a certification to use the name.  In all other respects Linux is Unix.  
>
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GNU = GNU is NOT UNIX. :-D




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