On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:25:13 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Um, I think you'll find that Linux is a derivative of Minix, not UNIX.
>> At best it's Unix-like.
> 
> I don't know you'd call it a "derivative" of either, really. Clearly the
> whole thing is very UNIX-like, and since I'm only talking about the
> design of the OS (the UI, the API, the file system layout, etc), it
> doesn't really matter either way, since Minix and Unix both share the
> whole *ix bit.

That's more of a POSIX thing IIRC.  Tannenbaum would say that they're 
different as well, but Linux started as a free MINIX (since MINIX was 
distributed under a restricted license at the time).

Jim

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