Ubuntu reaches out to embarrassed SuSE devs

[Alan]

> Linux is a reverse engineered variant of UNIX or was originally
> That's why Linus wrote it he couldn't afford a Unix licnse


You appear somewhat confused

Firstly Linux is not Unix. Unix is a trademark assigned to specific
products meeting a specific set of guidelines and tests. In todays world
it's a bit like being certified "100% brontosaurus compatible" - so
nobody cares.

Secondly its not "reverse engineered". Thats the process of analysing
code to see how things work. Unix is based on published standards, books
and tradition which is well documented. Linux is based upon the
documentation.

Alan