+1 On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Tal Cohen wrote:
> *NIX > > Tal > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Patrick Cable > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BBLISA] Desktop policies and UNIX-ish operating systems > > In what may (or may not) cause a considerable amount of list traffic... > > $WORK is trying to develop a set of policies around machines used as > desktops* that happen to run a linux, solaris, freebsd, etc. as an > operating system. > (If you're interested in the policies, they're mostly just best > practices for linux machines put down in official form) > > $WORK would like to identify the ideal phrase that lumps all those > operating systems together. > > One individual suggested that you couldn't really just say UNIX, > because Linux isn't UNIX. It would not include BSDs as well. You > couldn't say POSIX-compliant, because can't you install some binaries > on windows that make it POSIX-compliant, etc. Valid points for sure. > > My question: Is there a way that I can identify all these UNIX-ish > operating systems without specifically naming the brands? (Linux, > Unix, BSD) > > What do you think? > > *Desktop is a oddly defined. Think "this is my primary computer that i > access the internet on and check email on" > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > > _______________________________________________ > bblisa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
