• Two statements to set the record straight

    From vallor@vallor@vallor.earth to comp.os.linux.advocacy on Sat Nov 1 07:52:03 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.advocacy

    A PSA for people grappling with terminology...

    1)
    "UNIX® is a registered trademark of The Open Group."

    But _a_ Unix (note caps) is basically a POSIX-compliant operating system, such as Linux. Constructs like "*nix" died in the 90's. Please don't bring back painful
    memories, such as the AT&T/UC Berkeley lawsuit, they will some people...

    It's like asking for a 27B/6:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B61_5sRoBI

    2)
    "AI" isn't.
    However, LLM's can be useful in problem domains that they have been
    trained in.

    For example, this newsreader -- Newscamel -- is written in tk/perl, mostly
    by ChatGPT5. The only instruction I had to give it is regarding Tk::MListbox, which it had heard of, but didn't know how to use.

    That is all. Have a happy November. :)
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