[Info-vax] CLI editing, was: Re: VMS - Virtual Terminals - A security risk way back yonder OR was that an Old Wives Tale ?

[William Pechter]

In article <n9qc8d$q25$1 at panix2.panix.com>,
Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>Stephen Hoffman  <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:
>>On 2016-02-14 06:08:45 +0000, lists at openmailbox.org said:
>>
>>> There is a definition for what UNIX is and just because an OS supports 
>>> POSIX or is similar to UNIX doesn't make it UNIX.
>>
>>Apropos of standards and specifications, might want to look up OpenVMS 
>>and DII COE support with the V7.2-6C1 and V7.2-6C2 releases, and 
>>subsequent releases.
>
>Two additional definitions:
>
>1. If it contains AT&T Unix source code, it is Unix, otherwise it is not.
>

So... FreeBSD 1.x was meeting this...

>2. If it has every command and system call that v7 had, it is Unix, otherwise
>   it is not.
>

So SVR4 may not be "Unix" anymore by this definition.

>--scott
>
>-- 
>"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


Bill
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