[BBLISA] Desktop policies and UNIX-ish operating systems

[David Allan]

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On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Tal Cohen wrote:

> *NIX
>
> Tal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Cable
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:04 PM
> To: bblisa at bblisa.org
> Subject: [BBLISA] Desktop policies and UNIX-ish operating systems
>
> In what may (or may not) cause a considerable amount of list traffic...
>
> $WORK is trying to develop a set of policies around machines used as
> desktops* that happen to run a linux, solaris, freebsd, etc. as an
> operating system.
> (If you're interested in the policies, they're mostly just best
> practices for linux machines put down in official form)
>
> $WORK would like to identify the ideal phrase that lumps all those
> operating systems together.
>
> One individual suggested that you couldn't really just say UNIX,
> because Linux isn't UNIX. It would not include BSDs as well. You
> couldn't say POSIX-compliant, because can't you install some binaries
> on windows that make it POSIX-compliant, etc. Valid points for sure.
>
> My question: Is there a way that I can identify all these UNIX-ish
> operating systems without specifically naming the brands? (Linux,
> Unix, BSD)
>
> What do you think?
>
> *Desktop is a oddly defined. Think "this is my primary computer that i
> access the internet on and check email on"
>
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