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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Installation, Setup and Configuration
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Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows XP
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01196439
Message ID:
01196641
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>>>>Linux is only a variant of Unix.
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>>>Is that really true? I haven't studied Linux very much, but from what I have read Linux has nothing to do with Unix.
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>It is true. Linux was based upon Unix.
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>Linux is only as secure as the administrator manually makes it (and keeps it).

Linux was based upon Minix, written by a Dutch (Andrew Tanenbaum, don't tell Walter or He will start a thread to show how great the Dutch are <g>) inspired by Unix. I actually had, and read!, his book, which has all its code printed, covering like half the book
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?

"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare

"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges
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