24 May
2006
24 May
'06
9:35 p.m.
On Mon, 22 May 2006, 19:38:21 -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
But the point being made was that I've been around
the block, I've worked
on and/or looked hard at many different Unix variants
and I'm not at all sad
to see them go.
Why are you here then?
It's a fact that many of the big-gun Unix vendors have moved on but Unix
development continues to persist, so don't put it down yet. Unix is still
very much alive and kicking. Unix has been around forever and the Unicies
that remain still offer enough diversions to mix up the market and make
things interesting for us all. If Linux was the only Unix like system out
there then what would happen if Linux went belly-up. It could easily
happen if the big Linux vendors Redhat, Suse etc went to the dogs. Having
other Unix systems out their competing with each other as well as Linux is
healthy.