On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:42:29 -0500, Warp wrote:

> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> >> Linux *is* Unix
>> > 
>> > No, it isn't.  Linux is at best a derivative of Minix.  It's
>> > UNIX-like, perhaps, but it's not Unix.
> 
>> Care to explain that one?
> 
>   By that definition there is no Unix OS in existence today.

Actually, Mac OSX, AIX, and Solaris are a few examples of systems that 
are UNIX as defined by The Open Group, who owns the trademark.

Linux isn't on that list.

Jim

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