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As a purely technical note, there is a Linux which is a UNIX: Inspur K-UX.

More philosophically, insisting on a definition of UNIX which includes z/OS and excludes Seventh Edition Unix isn't going to win you many friends.

http://www.opengroup.org/csq/repository/norationale=1&norefe...

And speaking of aliens from outer space, z/OS is a JCL-eating Martian speaking EBCDIC through its virtual cardpunch. ;)



We've written about certified UNIX wrt macOS vs. Linux here - https://github.com/shlomif/Freenode-programming-channel-FAQ/... .




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