Re: Stuff

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <KIM1a.311880$pDv.291549@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>,
Tim Haynes <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
 
> Yes, Linus wrote Linux from scratch because he wanted a UNIX
> implementation (i.e. an OS that conformed to the POSIX standard)
> but couldn't afford to buy one.  So instead of buying a UNIX
> implementation (i.e. Solaris, SCO XENIX, AIX, etc..) he wrote it.
> Linux does not "imitate" UNIX - it is an implementation of the
> POSIX standard, which is what all UNICES all.
 
Including pre-POSIX unices?   <evil grin>
 
UNIX also happens to be a trademark (or at least it was).
 
Now, as a thought experiment, suppose someone named e.g.  Wilhelm
Thorvalds wrote a Windows replacement from scratch (to avoid having
to pay Microsoft) and then released it for free.  Would you also say
that _was_ Windows?  After all, you could claim e.g. "it is an
implementation of the Win32 API, which is what all Windozes are"....
 
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