[BBLISA] Desktop policies and UNIX-ish operating systems

[Michael Sprague]

Patrick Cable wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:18 PM, Michael Sprague <mfs at komerex.com> wrote:
>   
>> Just call them all UNIX.  The powers that be @ $WORK probably won't know
>> or care about the technical distinctions.
>>     
>
> It's not about the powers that be at $WORK. It's about what the end
> users interpret.
> The powers that be know the end users can be quite semantic, and want
> to ensure the correct phrasing is used.
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:34 PM, seph <seph at directionless.org> wrote:
>   
>> I'd ask a different question -- How are your policies for these machines
>> different than your policies for other desktops? (ie: why are you
>> special casing windows?)
>>     
>
> It's not a matter of windows being "special cased" -- windows (and
> osx) have already been dealt with policy wise.
>
>   

Ah.  In that case, may I suggest 'UNIX/like'.  That could encompass 
"real" UNIX OSes and ones that are derived or based in UNIX.

M

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Michael F. Sprague
mfs at komerex.com