Re: OT: SCO targets Linux customers

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Ok, i normaly stay clear of threads like this ... opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and they all stink; but i couldnt resist in this case.


what if there is significant truth to what they claim? They seem like they are not going to just let this on go either. Think IBM and others could have added SysV code with the assumption that Caldera wouldn't do anything about it?

The chance of that is very small, IBM hasnt been that 'deep' involved in the kernel for that long and a lot of the work on the features they refer to were in place before IBM pinched in. This doesnt per-say mean there couldnt be UNIX code in the kernel, only that it's prob not IBM that put it there, if it is there.

Another thought: anyone care to guess what is still stopping linux from becoming "UNIX" besides the liscensing costs to use the name, I wonder if there are any other reasons still?


A really good reason would be that Linux (Tm) is *not* UNIX (C)(Tm). Linux is a 'Unix alike', ummm make that a 'Mimix alike'. One could try to call the *BSD OS's Unix, but linux is not "unix".

Calling linux 'unix' would be like calling OS/2 'windows' because it could look the same with the right theme..




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