19 Jan
2023
19 Jan
'23
8:54 p.m.
At 2023-01-19T20:21:30+0000, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
In my own internal narrative at least, my stance is
BSD is UNIX moreso
than not in that the code may have changed, there may not even be a
lick of AT&T in there (not true, handful of files, SCO lawsuit, etc.),
but it's still UNIX in design, much more than say something like Linux
could be considered. It's like if some architect inherited the Empire
State Building but was then told you can only do anything with it if
you replace everything.
In the end, it's still going to be different than taking a plot of
land and deciding, hey, I want to build something like the Empire
State Building. In the former sense, you can start to replace the
windows, then the door, then the elevators, etc etc, over time, you
see a gradual transition of A into B, which leads to unmistakable
vestiges since they were actively being worked around and within in
the replacement process.
Engineers who (stereotypically) disdain the study of humanities seem
frequently to discover the Ship of Theseus problem. ;-)
Maybe TOG has the best approach after all; if your supercargo can pony
up the gold and your pilot can navigate your craft between Scylla and
Charybdis, you get to call it the Ship of Theseus, even if many others
are afloat. :D
Regards,
Branden