I'm always struck by how down-to-earth and pragmatic Linus is, compared to a lot of the Linux peanut gallery. One thing in particular made me very happy: He see

I'm always struck by how down-to-earth and pragmatic Linus is, compared to a lot of the Linux peanut gallery. One thing in particular made me very happy: He sees Linux as a Unix, and not some "Unix-like" operating system. (Yes, let the lawyers and marketing droids point out that "UNIX" is a trademark of the Open System Group and that no Linux distribution has been registered as comformant to the Single Unix Specification, but that doesn't change the reality that Linux is a Unix.)