Subj : OFFLINE READER NEEDED
To   : David Bowerman
From : Scott Little
Date : Sat Aug 12 2000 06:08 am

 [ 10 Aug 00 19:28, David Bowerman wrote to Scott Little ]

 SL>> a) if macos has 'a UNIX foundation' then why isn't Apple paying
 SL>> royalties to  The Open Group (who own UNIX)?
 DB> Perhaps for much the same reason Linus Torvalds doesn't pay royalties.

Ah, but Linus isn't claiming Linux has 'a UNIX foundation' - Linux is a 
UNIX-like clone. MacOS, according to Martin, has 'a UNIX foundation' meaning 
Apple used UNIX as the basis of MacOS versions 1-9.

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