Re: Free system that could be "real Unix".

[Christopher Browne]

Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when mike3 <mike4ty4@yahoo.com> would write:
> On Oct 14, 8:06 pm, Christopher Browne <cbbro...@acm.org> wrote:
>> Sockets is a fine architecture. Learn it. Use it. Live free and prosper.
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>
> Hmm. Could this mean then that perhaps it is _better_ that the Free
> systems are not "real Unix" in the sense of 100% compliance with the
> SUS? Then what is all this stuff about "Real Unix = power", anyway?

Those that were selling licenses to "Real UNIX(tm)" presumably wanted
to have something to point out as a "marketing strategy," some
putative advantage to buying their products over others that lack
something that they *are* selling...

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