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Caldera to Open Part of UNIX Source

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the taking-their-own-sweet-time dept.

Andy Tai writes: "According to this Caldera press release, Caldera is beginning to release the components of the original Unix source code under the GPL or other licenses (such as Caldera's Open Access license). While some of these Unix utilities (grep and awk) may not be very useful, since GNU equivalents have been available for many years, the original Unix tools going GPL has a big symbolic meaning--the original Unix is gradually becoming Free Software! Unix was the giant RMS aimed to replace. Now GNU is gradually taking the place of the original Unix."

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  1. Name it right... by |guillaume| · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unix was the giant RMS aimed to replace. Now GNU is gradually taking the place of the original Unix."
    So from now on I guess we will have to call it GNU/Unix.

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  2. New GNU Acronym by m0RpHeus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can almost see it... a few years from now... GNU IS NOW UNIX!

    BWAHAHAHAHA!

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  3. replacing unix by Proud+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's what happens when something stagnates long enough. It gets replaced by something else that is better. Note that this would not happen to Microsoft; they keep adding new value to their product faster than it can be replicated by someone else. That way they prevent competitors from copying them and stealing their market.

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