Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-19 Thread Joshua Isom
If I recall correctly, only the i386 version of Leopard is Unix certified, so if you're still using a PowerPC, you're out of luck for upgrading to a Unix certified operating system. But I believe a previous version was if you'd like to downgrade. As far as I know, Unix certification is more a

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 03:18:02PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 03:51:34PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:56:05PM -0400, Rob wrote: > > > > > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > > >I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix cert

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 03:51:34PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:56:05PM -0400, Rob wrote: > > > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > >I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. > > >I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done thi

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:56:05PM -0400, Rob wrote: > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > >I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. > >I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done this yet is: It > >costs a lot of money. > > There was a thread on this a mon

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Thu, Oct 18, 2007 at 01:39:53PM +, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > > I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. > > "UNIX Certified" what the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ does that mean as far I know no > one is > in a position to make such a st

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. > > I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done this yet is: > It costs a lot of money. Yes, and has to be re-done regularly. > That said, if in theory one w

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
> > Apparently The Open Group are in charge of UNIX certification - see > http://www.opengroup.org/certification/ for details. They have a very bad track record over the last 10-15 years, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.free

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Bruce Cran
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. "UNIX Certified" what the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ does that mean as far I know no one is in a position to make such a statement except maybe the current owner of the Unix t

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread John Webster
--On Thursday, October 18, 2007 13:49:07 + "Aryeh M. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> From here: >> >> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#unix >> >> Mac OS X is now a fully certified UNIX operating system, conforming to >> both the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3) and

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Rob
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done this yet is: It costs a lot of money. There was a thread on this a month or 3 ago; might want to check the archives. I think the cons

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > >> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: >>> I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. >> >> "UNIX Certified" what the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ does that mean as far I know no >> one is >> in a positi

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. "UNIX Certified" what the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ does that mean as far I know no one is in a position to make such a statement except maybe the curre

Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. "UNIX Certified" what the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ does that mean as far I know no one is in a position to make such a statement except maybe the current owner of the Unix trademark (sco if I am not m

Two questions about UNIX(r) certification.

2007-10-18 Thread Dan Mahoney, System Admin
I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. I'd imagine that the big reason that FreeBSD hasn't done this yet is: It costs a lot of money. That said, if in theory one were to try to get the operating system certified (say, to increase awareness and market share versus