On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:30:12 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Bob Eager wrote:
On Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:49:39 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

OSX has always been "unix" based, well in as much as you can call BSD
unix. However linux is not Unix based, it is just a functional copy of
Unix and has not passed certification and probably never will.

I always refer to Linux as a 'jumped up UNIX wannabe'. When giving my
introductory lecture on UNIX.

That doesn't make it a true statement though.

Linux is a thoroughly proven and developed kernel these days.

You may argue about the desktop and gui bloatware but the underlying
kernel is as good as or better than any unix.

But it's not UNIX. Which was my point.

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