Subject: Unix Certification
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: fission <fission@mb.sympatico.ca>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 03/19/2000 22:33:36
Hello,

I have been reading/posting to the comp.unix.admin NG for a bit now and
recently there has been some discussion over various *nix systems and
which were (not) Unix.  I already knew that Linux wasn't Unix.  But I
learned a couple things; namely that to be "Unix" you have to have
certification and also that NetBSD isn't Unix.  (According to the official
trademark owners, whoever they may presently be).

In any case, I got to wondering, "why isn't NetBSD a Unix?"  It certainly
seems to be a lot more Unix-like than Linux and even some of the other
real Unix systems I've used.  Has anyone ever looked into obtaining
certification?  What would be involved?

Thanks for your time,

--fission

(NB: please keep me on Cc as I do not subscribe to the advocacy list)