[Gllug] HP Compaq?

David Damerell damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu Sep 6 13:14:08 UTC 2001


On Thursday, 6 Sep 2001, Bruce Richardson wrote:
>On 9/6/01, 10:49:11 AM, David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> 
>>People these days use 'Unix' to mean a Unix-like OS.
>Which they do in a very understandable yet legally liable way.  I always 
>make the distinction between being Unix and being Unix-like as there are 
>so many valid reasons for remaining aware of the point.

I'll ask it again; _do_ you call your hoover a hoover?

[But, if you want to have the terminology this way, fine. Amend my
original statement to 'OS/390 is not a Unix-like OS'.]

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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