* On 2023 07 Jul 08:13 -0500, jeremy ardley wrote: > > My error: > > I should have said > > "Linux is a clone of Unix so a derivative. MS is also a derivative but not > much like Unix. " If you mean MS Windows NT and later, it apparently owes much to VMS and OS/2. Certainly, some POSIX support was added along the way as well, but I don't think that other than market speak 20+ years ago, Windows NT+ was intended to be a Unix implementation. > I should also have noted FreeBSD and other clones of Unix that also rely on > a GNU framework Actually, the BSDs have a rightful claim to be true descendants of AT&T Unix and not clones or derivatives. I also have a hard time calling GNU or Linux "clones" as they are independent work-alike implementations but not bug-for-bug clones of AT&T Unix or BSD. Pedants R Us... - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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