From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: crossd@gmail.com (Dan Cross) Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 16:54:32 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] System Economics (was is Linux "officially branded UNIX") In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Clem Cole wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 3:48 PM, Arthur Krewat wrote: > >> So what I'm hearing is Linux's timeline, which includes things that were >> not developed just for Linux, extends further out than SunOS does. >> > > ​Mumble... the problem of course is the under those rules, SunOS goes > back to research which goes back to V0.... > ...and Multics, whatever assembler DEC provided for the PDP-7 and so on back to the discovery of the integers and zero. Pretty soon you find yourself in the court of the Chola empire.... ​...​ >> All I'm saying is comparing Linux's timeline to something like SunOS has >> to include everything that went into both because they both relied on >> precursors. >> > Except for any possible legal reasons....​why differentiate ? Looks like > a Duck, Quacks Like Duck or from a Turing Test.... I'm mostly can not tell > the difference. > Being too like a duck carries its own risks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU Somehow, I feel that clip is an apt metaphor for the computing world in general and Linux in particular, but I'm having a hard time articulating exactly how. Side note: I'm a bit of a bitch when it comes to Linux - which doesn't mean >> I don't think Linux is "UNIX" - it just means I think it's the Coherent of >> today's UNIX ;) >> > ​I guess it doesn't matter to me that much. Some of the changes are > gratuitous and annoying, which brings out my inner curmudgeon as its make > its tough to type to sometimes. But the fact is, UNIX, Linux, Macos are > pretty much the same thing - much more so than winders. They are way more > similar than different and I can be productive with all three. To me its > like ethnicity in people. It says a little about some of how you might > look at something, what some of you shared positions/starting points are, > but we are way more alike than different and I would rather learn from the > differences than fight them or try to inflict my wishes. We are better > with diversity. > Well said! - Dan C. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: