Having "grown up" on BSD, I just can't seem to muster much enthusiasm for System V derivatives (like SCO, which is now history. (Incidentally, I grew up in Santa Cruz.)
Anyway, you're probably right that Linux will continue to be the "market leader" in the Unix world. We've been there before. At one time, there was basically BSD and the occasional eccentrics who insisted on running System V, but I have to think that having separate development streams was a benefit. --- Mike Lieman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/27/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The number open source Unix flavors seems to be multiplying of > late. At > > a minimum, there is > > > > Linux (okay, maybe you don't consider it Unix) > > NetBSD > > FreeBSD > > OpenBSD > > OpenDarwin (the basis of OS X) > > OpenSolaris (this is new, and perhaps the only System V variant > left!) > > > > There may be others, but these are the ones of which I am aware. > > > > I expect that the trend is going to be for vendors to target Linux > even more > as time continues. I remember how overjoyed *I* was when I tossed SCO > > 3.2.4.2 <http://3.2.4.2> for RedHat all those years ago. > === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Design quality doesn't ensure success, but design failure can ensure failure." --Kent Beck ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
