From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: lm@mcvoy.com (Larry McVoy) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:38:15 -0700 Subject: [TUHS] System Economics (was is Linux "officially branded UNIX") In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20170314153815.GA32726@mcvoy.com> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 10:43:51AM -0400, Clem Cole wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 7:35 AM, Tim Bradshaw wrote: > > Linux is not Unix, and runs on cheap tin. > > > I ???believe that > the point you are making is that "white box" PC's running a UNIX-like > system - aka Linux could comes pretty close to doing what the highly touted > AIX, NCR et al were doing and were "good enough" to get the job done. As someone who dedicated a bunch of his life to Unix, it pains me to say it but Linux is better than a lot of the Unix systems from back in the day. I loved SunOS but I wouldn't trade today's Linux for SunOS and I don't think there are very many people who would disagree. It got better than "good enough".