Re: [NTLK] OS X Internet Sharing...

From: Martin Joseph (martyNT_at_barknaturalpet.com)
Date: Sun Feb 02 2003 - 22:47:57 PST


On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 06:22 PM, Andrew Diller wrote:

> Actually, Linux is a Unix-like OS. Linus made a kernel that did unix
> like things. He was using minix, and wanted to improve it.
>
> OS X is based on BSD 4.4, and is a _real_ version of Unix.
<snip>

Actually Unix is a trademark of AT&T incorporated and BSD is
technically not Unix either.

We usually refer to this as *nix.

Marty

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