On 16 July 2011 09:01, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jul 15, 9:08 am, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 15 July 2011 08:53, Vince O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "Stuck" with unix? This is wrong on several levels. > > > > - Linux isn't technically Unix, the heart of the fated SCO patent > trolling > > was that OS wasn't paying to be licensed as such > > > > - Even acknowledging that Linux is unix-like, or unix-inspired, unix is > best > > described as a family of operating systems, linked more by their > > functionality than by a common codebase > > > > - What you think of as Unix probably isn't Unix, just consider what's > > possible with cygwin... Bash isn't unix, nor is X, or Gnome, or KDE, or > the > > android GUI, or Apple's quartz > > It's all Unix under the skin, from gnu upwards. In the same way that > all PCs are Windows even though Microsoft don't make hardware. I > acknowledge that the real picture is more complex but where would the > world be if we weren't able to make sweeping generalities now and > again. > For bonus points, research what "GNU" is an acronym for :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU Or, indeed, the range of keyboards, mice and webcams made by Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us But you were being ironic, or I've just been trolled - right? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
