On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2017-03-15 5:17 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: >>> >>> >>> The whole idea of an "operating system" seems to have morphed into the >>> notion of a user interface. >>> >>> To my way of thinking,t he various flavors of Linux are really a user >>> interface build on a single operating system. >>> >> >> Has anybody else noticed that the meaning of "portable code" seems to have >> morphed into "can be built on two or three different flavours of Linux"? > > > 1983. All the world's a VAX.
Running BSD > 1993. No sorry, all the world's a SPARC. Running Solaris > 2013. Oops, no, all the world's an x86. Running Linux I'm waiting for the rise of cell phones to make it 202x All the world's an ARM running Android Warner > --T > > >> >>> >>> One thing you can depend upon in this field is the inconstancy of >>> definitions. >>> >> >> Agreed. >> >> Regards, >> Peter Coghlan >> >