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Article #4381Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
From: Isaac
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 02:58
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On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:13:59 -0700, Jeffrey Siegal <jbs@quiotix.com> wrote: > > I was never in favor of the split remedy (for different reasons) but I > don't see this as being a significant problem with it. While technical > people probably don't agree on any hard and fast defintion, the law and > the courts would have defined one. Whatever the law adopted wouldn't > have universally recognized as technically accurate, but so what? The > purpose of the split was to address a legal and market problem, not a > technical one. Sometimes when the law defines words in ways that differ from their technical meanings, there are consequences for technical people. The word "algorithm" comes to mind as a pertinent example. I don't see any real consequences of the court defining operating system one way or another. The limited applicability of the court's definition is pretty clear. Especially since any remedy based on that definition would be applicable only to Microsoft anyway. Isaac
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8c9b,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c9b,public X-Google-Thread: 1020c6,c2f5a7a6eb2eb0a9 X-Google-Attributes: gid1020c6,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,7144e36039d56e89 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-28 19:59:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!news-post.tampabay.rr.com!twister.southeast.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.questions,gnu.misc.discuss From: Isaac <isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux? References: <25fc8d92.0206150829.2aba827b@posting.google.com> <Xns922EAE616F7DFjasonbaugherpikeilus@209.242.76.10> <aelarj$5qt$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <aermut$1vt9$1@agate.berkeley.edu> <n36dhucf8bochbnh1lfhtp78lkrrerjpug@4ax.com> <afddm8$94k$1@tilde.itg.ti.com> <3D1A3FFD.4CE18AAC@quiotix.com> <afffra$e32us$2@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de> <3D1B719A.7020406@quiotix.com> <slrnahnfun.pj.isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> <3D1C0744.39B6EB51@quiotix.com> <afiriq$t1j$2@news.doit.wisc.edu> <3D1D09D7.9050408@quiotix.com> Message-ID: <slrnahq8ji.8g.isaac@latveria.castledoom.org> User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Lines: 20 Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 02:58:58 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.25.11.245 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.southeast.rr.com 1025319538 24.25.11.245 (Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:58:58 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:58:58 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NC