On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Osvaldo La Rosa wrote: > Hi Lee. > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 01:30:57PM -0500, Lee Maschmeyer wrote: > > I'm sure I'll confuse Linux and Unix since I don't know > > the difference between them. > In essence, (but "real" developpers should maybe tell it better than > me): > there is not only a technical difference between Unix and GNU/Linux, but > there is also a philosophical difference. > To keep it simple, consider that all oses like Unix, BSD, Linux and > many other, are part of the so called Posix-family. > The specific philosophical difference I am talking about, concerns the > fact that GNU/Linux is a FREE and Opensource system. (in some cases > people prefer FreeBSD). > Maybe you can find more about this "community/opensource-minded aspects" > at: http://www.gnu.org/ I think you're a little confused. All the Unix implementations are descended from a single original source base. Linux was written from scratch, mostly with the idea of being compatible, _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list