From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 1bcf7c43 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4F1739BB6F; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:14:00 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD719B4F0; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:13:33 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kilonet.net header.i=@kilonet.net header.b="VsxP/pfV"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1C0E19B4F0; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:13:31 +1000 (AEST) Received: from p3plsmtpa09-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa09-03.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.193.232]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 925D29B486 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:13:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from medusa.kilonet.net ([72.69.11.97]) by :SMTPAUTH: with ESMTPA id 2OAziSQqBOdgK2OAziK8Ce; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 16:13:30 -0700 Received: from [199.89.231.101] (ender.kilonet.net [199.89.231.101]) by medusa.kilonet.net (8.14.8/8.15.1) with ESMTP id x7QNDSce014355 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2019 19:13:28 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kilonet.net; s=default; t=1566861208; bh=+WiefohVSFv6C0SvtkGxLNb2VcR3PTiY+CbDUwEaPKE=; h=To:From:Subject:Date; b=VsxP/pfVcEgKHPn8BQ+p9eoFm5V19gdHjbTcr08hCkIRKilmjDetssws4mM0aa+ac D7ZhuFr9YV8hF3nFm+X0EfLUqEWc7BS1wx06MjjNrzQsfaF9RuGbWG/FN2JJX+nzle QZWqMOMNr/3kzsGe/Hi6u7sIrbVu/GDrVhWe0oGk= To: TUHS main list From: Arthur Krewat Message-ID: <13c5c36e-c84d-e020-d09e-51c8c502dc6d@kilonet.net> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 19:13:25 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4wfC+tUZTgBfVBJBoCefHbCJdjD67/4SiUmzDXwG3192IvKo6KaixEpUZ2inwqrUxITIgd1LHZP1NFcHyc5N6ZSbO+59ZRS6Ae4C0ORD2ot9spNoOozzMc k2/ckPjq3W2jCfAIaZe5jq5CqPqJKfh+U6vOoC4GDF8+JKWEoYDNlXvX Subject: [TUHS] If not Linux, then what? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" https://linux.slashdot.org/story/19/08/26/0051234/celebrating-the-28th-anniversary-of-the-linux-kernel Leaving licensing and copyright issues out of this mental exercise, what would we have now if it wasn't for Linux? Not what you'd WANT it to be, although that can add to the discussion, but what WOULD it be? I'm not asking as a proponent of Linux. If anything, I was dragged kicking and screaming into the current day and have begrudgingly ceded my server space to Linux. But if not for Linux, would it be BSD? A System V variant? Or (the horror) Windows NT? I do understand that this has been discussed on the list before. I think, however, it would make a good late-summer exercise. Or late winter depending on where you are :) art k.