On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Sarcar, Shourya C (MED) wrote: > list goes on). Now, originally this was one of the main reasons behind > Unix failing to become a corporate and commercial standard for > development , that's were DOS/Windows came in with their "world > domination".
Different versions of history I suspect. When you have the source, and have compatability (possibly at both the API/source and binary levels) as a goal, you don't have a problem. There is nothing in common with "Proprietary Unix" and "Open Source Unix" as far as this critical questions are concerned. Proprietary UNIX almost died because it was proprietary and was deliberately incompatable with each other, not because it had multiple versions. Mickysoft Windows will likely eventually kill itself off for the same reason - people will get tired of the upgrade game and switch to compatable systems that don't force such nonsense. --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> See http://weblog.flora.ca/ for announcements, activities, and opinions http://www.flora.ca/osss2002/ "Open Source Solutions Showcase" (Past) Next: GOSLINGS (Getting Open Source and Linux INto GovernmentS) -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
