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It means you get a POSIX interface without GNU- and Linux-specific extensions or the GPL.

I understand the theoretical implications - but, reading from, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX, Windows 2000 was Posix-1 compliant, so Posix doesn't really have much in the may of practical implications.

What are the practical implications of being "Unix" - i'm of the belief there really are none.

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