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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. Vasoline by tbradshaw · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Like, duh. Of course they are all Unix. I suppose we're supposed to say, "petroleum jelly", as well?

  2. Re:Call it Multics by akozakie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    1. Call it PolyX (How do you want to succeed if you dont capitalize the final X in your product's name?)
    2. Use GNOME. Use C# a lot. The GNU compiler, of course.
    3. Make a distro. Call it GNU/Mono/PolyX.
    4. ???
    5. Pro... OK, forget it.