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| From | Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> |
|---|---|
| References | (5 earlier) <qlmchb$2q0$2@dont-email.me> <qlmdeh$8v6$1@dont-email.me> <r5faug$ana$1@dont-email.me> <vlpskg-n6g.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <r5gloj$65d$1@dont-email.me> |
| Subject | Re: Unix at 50 How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure |
| Message-ID | <a2ff6386340ead4e6a67d5e79e27aeb4@remailer.paranoici.org> (permalink) |
| Date | 2020-03-26 00:36 +0100 |
| Newsgroups | alt.checkmate, alt.os.linux, comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Organization | dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider |
Cross-posted to 4 groups.
In article <r5gloj$65d$1@dont-email.me> anonlinuxuser <linuxuser@noone.net> wrote: > > On 3/25/20 1:57 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote: > > On 25/03/2020 11.14, Johann Beretta wrote: > >> On 9/15/19 3:20 PM, AnonLinuxUser wrote: > >> <snip> > >>> > >>> After looking around, I found what Linux was originally intended to > >>> do... > >>> Learn UNIX for free on a PC.Ā Then the suggestion was to maybe be > >>> qualified for a UNIX job.Ā Tho not all of linux is identically the same. > >>> > >> > >> Your comparison itself is false (although not deliberately of course). > > > > It is true that I installed Linux initially to learn Unix, as I could > > not pay a Unix system. Unix (and Linux) was used by my employer company. > > Perhaps on summer 1998. Seeing that a serious company was using Linux on > > important tasks told me that Linux was a serious thing, not a hobby. > > > > According to history, UNIX back in 1992 or so, cost about $1500 for a PC. > > > Then I liked it and kept it, eventually almost replacing Windows for me. > > > >> UNIX isn't even identical to UNIX, > > > > Typo? :-) > > > >> that's one of the reasons that Linux > >> usage has far surpassed UNIX installations.Ā Paying for UNIX didn't give > >> you a system that was compatible with UNIX.Ā There are way too many > >> official UNIXs.Ā IRIX (SGI), HP-UX (HP), AIX (IBM), Solaris (Sun), Tru64 > >> (AlphaServer Systems) etc etc.Ā All were developed by different > >> companies and all were different. But each an every one was an official > >> UNIX. > >> > >> Granted, most conformed to POSIX specifications.. mostly.. So they were > >> somewhat interoperable, but the UNIX ecosystem is a fucking mess. > >> > > > >
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Re: Unix at 50 How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2020-03-26 00:36 +0100
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