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A comment on The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011). Parent comment

Re:The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011) by simonh on Thursday June 09, 2016 @09:23AM (#11869174)
I think being a Unix is analogous to being a member of the set of axes, rather than any specific unix implementation or install, which would be equivalent to a specific axe.
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Re:The Strange Birth and Long Life of Unix (2011) by avn2109 on Thursday June 09, 2016 @10:48AM (#11869717)
"... Unix is not just an operating system, but also a style of approaching problems."

[0] http://catb.org/esr/writings/unix-koans/returning.html

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