Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > and "a unix OS" means "behaves like Unix", not
> > "has code from the original Unix".

> Wouldn't most any POSIX-compliant OS fit this definition?

  Well, given that POSIX is defined as a family of standards which define
the API and command-line utilities for software compatible with Unix, I'd
say it's more or less the whole point (ie. that a POSIX-compliant OS could
be considered a Unix variant).

  (After all, the acronym itself contains the word "unix".)

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                                                          - Warp

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