Re: Is Linux Unix?

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

John L Fjellstad wrote:

> Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> writes:
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> > John L Fjellstad <john-debian@fjellstad.org> writes:
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> > > I was wondering if Linux can be considered Unix?
> > >      
> > It is a flavor of unix is general, if that's what you're asking.  You
> > won't be at a complete loss on other unix systems.
> >    
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> Is there a semantic difference between being like something or a clone
> of something, and being that thing in the English language?  
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> I'm just thinking of the statement, GNU's Not Unix.
> Does that mean that GNU/Linux is a OS with unix like functionality,
> kinda like Windows with Service For Unix, or OS/2 with its POSIX layer,
> or is GNU/Linux an unix.
>  

I don't think that Apache/Python/Gnu/Linux  can in any sense be 
considered to _be_ unix, except that in general it's coded to the same 
standards.


Note that the much-awaited GNU operating system is still coming.


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John

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