Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: EMC Question

Yo Alex;

Actually several makes of distribution are based on the _Minix_ file system.
As to whether or not _thats_ Unix.....:-)

Bill

On Sat Jan 24 16:54:56 2004 alex 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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