[TUHS] What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines)

Adam Thornton athornton at gmail.com
Thu Jan 9 14:56:51 AEST 2020


On Jan 8, 2020, at 8:25 PM, David Arnold <davida at pobox.com> wrote:
> Whenever one system becomes too popular, the definition of “Unix” drifts in that direction …

“All the world’s a VAX” became “All the world’s a Linux/x86 box” about 1996, and then in 2010 or so, “all the world’s a Linux/amd64 box.”

At least ARM saved us from another total processor monoculture.

Adam


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