Re: EMC Question

ahh, that's always an interesting question...

since i am a techie, i think i can swing at this.

IF att thought linus "stole" code, freebsd, Redhat, suse, and any
number of other "distributions" would be sued back into minimum wage
jobs.

linux, after the GNU, may have bits of CODE used ***ON**** unix
machines, but not IN any kernel. These would have been added to the
individual coders that contributed to the code.

BUT...

that level of code (scripts, really) is just about as propriatary (sp)
as ASCI or ANSI codes... or adding red to yellow to make orange...
it's not kernel, it's scripts...

this is a very subtle thing.. and it's hard to explain without about 2
hours of typing...

(way way over simplified)
it boils down to , once you install the KERNEL (linux, windows, xenix)
and have the machine running, you change it with SCRIPTS

jeffe

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, alex <telecom@i...> wrote:
> About 10 years ago one very knowledgeable guy told me that Linux
> "borrowed" part of the code from Unix.
> I told him then that I would never believe in it, considering how
many
> bright minds were working on it.
> But now I'm not that sure...
> Alex
>
> Robin Szemeti wrote:
>
> >On Saturday 24 January 2004 19:03, John Delaney wrote:
> >
> >
> >>As I have seen this EMC runs from the BDI CD under the Morphix
> >>incarnation of UNIX. Not Linux per se. But the net effect is the
> >>same, no need to install any flavor of UNIX on the computer to get
it
> >>going.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >For the record ...
> >
> >The 'Live' variant of EMC runs under 'Morphix' .. which is derived
from
> >Debian Linux, and the Knoppix 'Live Linux Filesystem' .. so most
certainly a
> >Linux distribution. Morphix is in effect a 'bootable debian linux
on CD'
> >... with the additon of the realtime patches to the kernel, and the
EMC
> >packages it becomes EMC :: BDI-Live
> >
> >So .. it is Linux. Whether you consider Linux to be UNIX is an open
question.
> >See SCO for more details ;)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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