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The Spirit Of Unix vs. The Unix Trademark

Posted by timothy on from the roses-by-any-other-names dept.

BSD Forums writes "This article conveys the message that Linux, BSD, and Darwin continue what Unix started. InfoWorld's Tom Yager says that several readers took him to task for referring to Linux, BSD, and OS X as Unix. He feels that Unix has a rich legacy that deserves to be preserved and accurately conveyed to new generations of computer scientists. It rattles many of us to see that the operating systems that best exemplify Unix traditions today aren't Unix at all."

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  1. Call it Multics by DaveMe · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not one any more, it's a happy variety of dialects. So why not call it Multics? After all, that's where it started...

    1. Re:Call it Multics by sydb · · Score: 5, Funny

      To avoid confusion: Polyx.

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    2. Re:Call it Multics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahem!

      GNU/Polyx.

    3. Re:Call it Multics by phfpht · · Score: 5, Funny

      To truely avoid confusion: Bruce

  2. Re: The Unix Name by pAnkRat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Better yet:

    X.I.N.U

    Xinu
    Is
    Not
    Unix

    Halb

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