: >
: > Hmm... perhaps we should all start referring to Linux as "like that
: > operating system which we can't name because its trademark is owned by
: > the greedy bastards in the Open Group who keep playing dog-in-the-manger
: > with a name that started out as a bad pun and has about as much right to
: > be a trademark as 386"... if it's not too big a mouthful...

"The operating systems formerly known as Unix"?

: User error: dumping core. Retch.

If you think that one quote is retch-worthy, you should see the official
trademark usage guidelines....

Fortunately they don't seem to take enforcement too seriously.  A quick
check at the OpenBSD and FreeBSD web pages confirms that both are each
described as being Unix, even though they're (of course) not Open Group-
approved.

: Why not follow the suggestion in someone heres sig block?

: Refer to Linux as Linux (everyone knows waht that is) and the rest as
: Linux-like OSes?

As tempting as that is, I'm not partisan enough to want to piss off the
*BSD crown that much.  I do like the idea of describing Open Group-branded
Unix systems as, by definition, costly Linux-like operating systems.
Maybe if we referred to official "Unix (tm)" products as either Linux-
like systems or BSD-like, depending on personal preference.

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