On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 sth...@nethelp.no wrote:

> > Linux is a Unix clone, while FreeBSD is Unix. Don't confuse people with
> > this.
> 
> I'm afraid that attitude isn't going to help Unix agains Windows...
> 
> I use FreeBSD for all my systems. I still go around and tell people that
> Linux is one several Unix variants, and I intend to continue doing this.
> For an end user, the differences between for instance FreeBSD and Linux
> are in most cases small and rather uninteresting - and it's much more
> useful to point out the differences between Unix and Windows.
> 

And the differences between a BSD system and Linux aren't huge? Nay, sir,
surely you jest. I, personally, dislike people using the wrong terminology.
Linux is a relatively Unix-like and relatively POSIX-compliant system, but it's
not Unix. What's wrong with calling a system by its true name?

> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
> 
> 

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