Mike Belshe ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: Marty indreboe ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: : By this, I refer to his statement about having AIX.  That
: : is not UNIX, that is butchered unix, just like HP-UX.
 
: Keep in mind that UNIX does not really exist today.  There are a
: myriad of operating systems out there which are derived from UNIX
: (HPUX, AIX, Linux, Ultrix, Irix, Solaris, SunOS, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX,
: OSF/1, Dynix, ATT UNIX, etc) but none of them are really "UNIX"
: anymore.  Every one of them has added a lot of features to it and
: removed a few others.
 
Which is to say, Unix is proprietary too.  What's wrong with that?  Proprietary
generally means "has some important features."
 
Steve