Which term should be used in documentation of, say, an open source
project to refer to:
Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, etc.

Is "posix" the right term? I hesitate because I think I've seen MS
Windows docs that mention posix compliance for their standard C
functions. And in fact Wikipedia lists Windows NT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posix

Or "Unix"?

Wikipedia uses "Unix-like":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like

But also mentions terms like Un*x, *NIX and *N?X:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix#Branding

What do you guys think?

-Chuck

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