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> "Linux is a clone of the operating system Unix" |
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> If this goes any serious place, I'd suggest reading up a bit more of |
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> Unix/Linux history. As it stands now there is no paticular OS called Unix, |
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> there was a lot of fuss and a lawsuit involving the use of "Unix" and |
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> everybody for the most part was trying to avoid that name. Plus "clone" is |
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> soundng too strong, (such wording) may even suggest similarity to the point |
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> of binary compatibility (contrary to how dissimilar many of "proprietary |
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> unices" are). |
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I agree, but to be fair, that's how it's described in the official readme: |
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"Linux is a Unix clone written from scratch by Linus Torvalds with |
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assistance from a loosely-knit team of hackers across the Net." |
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ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/README |
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~ Patrick Dawson |
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