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To: Golden Eagle
Please see: The UNIX time line to see where Minix came from.. http://www.levenez.com/unix/

Minix began in 1987 and is a direct descendant of the the 1979 Unix Time Sharing Edition Version 7 (unlike Linux which is not a direct descendant). It licensing is BSD style (meaning you can take it change it sell it and keep the code to yourself so I have to wonder...

Why did you come here to make that comment?
23 posted on 10/27/2005 11:40:33 AM PDT by N3WBI3 (If SCO wants to go fishing they should buy a permit and find a lake like the rest of us..)
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To: N3WBI3
Minix began in 1987 and is a direct descendant of the the 1979 Unix Time Sharing Edition Version 7

Direct descendant? Are you sure of this, and also claiming that all derivatives of this source are 100% freeware?

Why did you come here to make that comment?

Since there are several excellent versions of bonafide US-born Unix available, such as Sun Solaris and Apple OSX, which are completely legal copies, I wouldn't want anyone using an illegal foreign copy instead, if that is possibly the case.

36 posted on 10/27/2005 7:35:35 PM PDT by Golden Eagle
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