Patrick Cable wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael Sprague <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just call them all UNIX. The powers that be @ $WORK probably won't know >> or care about the technical distinctions. >> > > It's not about the powers that be at $WORK. It's about what the end > users interpret. > The powers that be know the end users can be quite semantic, and want > to ensure the correct phrasing is used. > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:34 PM, seph <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd ask a different question -- How are your policies for these machines >> different than your policies for other desktops? (ie: why are you >> special casing windows?) >> > > It's not a matter of windows being "special cased" -- windows (and > osx) have already been dealt with policy wise. > >
Ah. In that case, may I suggest 'UNIX/like'. That could encompass "real" UNIX OSes and ones that are derived or based in UNIX. M -- Michael F. Sprague [email protected] _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
