On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 7:06 PM Kurt H Maier <khm@sciops.net> wrote:


In 2009 I could just ssh into my phone and launch its messaging program
from my desktop.  It worked the other way, too -- I could log into my
workstation from my phone.  We lost that when iOS and Android destroyed
all the competition.


I don't disagree. I just think the knowledge of all that is lost, the same way so much knowledge of unix is lost. That's why we have things like systemd.

ron