In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mike3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it be possible to construct a Free (note the capital "F") > operating system that would be capable of meeting all the UNIX > standards (POSIX, SUS, etc.) precisely enough to be able to be > certified by The Open Group as UNIX(R), ie. "real Unix" (you need > certification to even call a system "Unix", not just to call it > "UNIX(R)", by the way), even if actually _getting_ the certification > might be difficult (since it's so !!!!ing expensive)?
Well, OS X 10.5 is certified Unix. Since OS X basically consists of a free OS (Darwin) with a non-free GUI on top of it, presumably Darwin would be able to pass certification on its own. -- --Tim Smith _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
