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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. You insensitive clod! by ArsSineArtificio · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    if you insist on age as the only criterium

    The singular of 'criteria' is 'criterion'.

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