On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:34:55 +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote: > > So the assumption in Jim's comment is that we should be running a Unix > > User group, statedly inclusive of all Unix variants (e.g. Solaris etc. > > too). [Correct me if I'm wrong.] [snip] > supports users of/interest in Free Software (regardless of its GNUness, [snip] > > BSD drew no > > support and was consequently dropped from the general purview
I have long regarded generic *nix questions as on-topic for the LUG. Linux is essentially unix (regardless of official certification or lack there-of). GNU comes from a unix of tradition, in the good old days before AT&T tried to close it up. If RMS had never been presented with an NDA that he took offence to, he would just be another happy unix hacker. Despite the denial in its recursive acronym, GNU is closely tied to unix. Many unices use gnu tools (eg gcc) and the GNU tools are mostly one-to-one replacements for traditional unix tools. <waxing type="lyrical"> Unix is beautiful. Unix is elegant. Linux is a lovely implementation there-of. </waxing> Thanks for listening, you guys are wonderful *sniff* Yuri
