Re: *nix general purpose database

From	John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Newsgroups	alt.os.linux.slackware, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: *nix general purpose database
Date	2011-04-15 15:26 -0500
Organization	Dancing Horse Hill
Message-ID	<87y63bp8gv.fsf@thumper.dhh.gt.org> (permalink)
References	(4 earlier) <slrniqe4i9.o16.syl@charlotte.encs.concordia.ca> <1pgj78-9hp.ln1@206-248-139-163.dsl.teksavvy.com> <4da72787$0$10598$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> <slrniqemc0.c23.hjp-usenet2@hrunkner.hjp.at> <4da89647$0$10569$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>

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Stan writes:
> ...Linux is not Unix...

It is not legal to use the mark "UNIX" to sell Linux.  However, anyone
who used Unix in 1990, brought forward and presented with Linux, would
say "That's Unix".

> ...it is not POSIX compliant.

It is not certified as such since no one thinks it worthwhile to pay the
fees but, Debian is in fact at least as compliant as are the certified
commercial Unices.

> But who cares?

Evidently nobody cares enough to pay the requisite fees.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA

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*nix general purpose database no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-10 07:49 +0000
  Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-10 03:58 -0400
    Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-13 15:09 +0000
      Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-13 17:04 +0000
        Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2011-04-13 17:15 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-13 18:36 +0000
        Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-13 18:20 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-13 18:34 +0000
            Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Jim Diamond <Jim.Diamond@deletethis.AcadiaU.ca> - 2011-04-13 19:36 -0300
            Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 10:27 -0400
              Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 17:47 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 13:55 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 20:29 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database (going OT testing pre-easter mead) Mike Jones <luck@dasteem.invalid> - 2011-04-14 17:48 +0000
      Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 10:21 -0400
        Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 15:27 +0000
          Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 11:34 -0400
            Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 16:54 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 14:02 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 18:54 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-14 22:20 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-14 21:20 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-15 00:17 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 14:38 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 18:41 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 14:36 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2011-04-15 10:39 -0400
                Re: *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 15:20 +0000
                Re: *nix general surgeon advises flames may warp and coding is dangerous to your health Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-15 16:34 +0000
                Re: *nix general surgeon advises flames may warp and coding is dangerous to your health Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-15 18:00 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@tudelft.nl> - 2011-04-15 09:57 +0200
            Re: *nix general purpose database Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-04-14 16:57 +0000
              Re: *nix general purpose database "Peter J. Holzer" <hjp-usenet2@hjp.at> - 2011-04-14 22:30 +0200
                Re: *nix general purpose database Stan Bischof <stan@worldbadminton.com> - 2011-04-15 19:02 +0000
                Re: *nix general purpose database John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2011-04-15 15:26 -0500
          Re: *nix general purpose database Loki Harfagr <l0k1@thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> - 2011-04-14 16:42 +0000
    Re (2): *nix general purpose database no.top.post@gmail.com - 2011-04-18 16:36 +0000
      Re: Re (2): *nix general purpose database Sylvain Robitaille <syl@alcor.concordia.ca> - 2011-04-18 17:04 +0000
  Re: *nix general purpose database Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-11 18:33 +0000
    Re: *nix general purpose database Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@tudelft.nl> - 2011-04-12 17:22 +0200
  Re: *nix general purpose database Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2011-04-28 15:21 +0000

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