Subject: Re: What is *BSD? -- was: Re: Samba(and OSX off topic?)
To: gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>
From: None <Martin.Leidig@ePost.de>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/21/2001 04:09:01
gabriel rosenkoetter [2001-11-20 21.00 -0500]:
>On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 06:21:51PM +0100, Martin.Leidig@ePost.de wrote:
> > Huh?  I always thought *BSD was a couple of _real_ Unices, as opposed to Linux
> > being the *nix-like OS!?  Could someone please correct me?  Thanks ...
>
>In short, "Unix-like" is a term we use because, technically, it's
>not Unix unless the owner of the Unix copyright labeled it such.
>
[Interesting stuff]
>
>Have a look at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/levenez/unix/history.html for
>a wider-angle shot of the family than /usr/share/misc/bsd-family-tree
>gives.

Thanks, also for the /usr/share/*-stuff.  I'll take a look into that
next time I have a BSD running.  Have to recover from a broken leg
first to be able to get some additional hardware together ... ;-)


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