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Article #4380Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Robert Uhl ruhl
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:49
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 01:49
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Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> writes:
>
> Getting back to the original question in this thread, though, the
> term Unix has pretty much universally, for its entire history,
> referred not just to the kernel but to the larger collection of
> components, including the kernel, shell, and various other
> utilities.
True enough--but as a Unix admin, when I complain about Solaris or AIX
or Linux, I'm not typically complaining about the utilities bundled
therewith, but about the kernel itself. When I complain about the
utilities, I complain about `the vendor awk' or `the vendor df.'
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