Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>>
"Jameson" == Jameson Williams <[email protected]>
writes:
>
> Jameson> In as far as I can tell, Randal
doesn't like GNU because it
> Jameson> breaks interoperability with
UNIX/POSIX, e.g. GNU Make vs. BSD
> Jameson> Make? Seems a silly
flame war to me, but my +1 for GNU are
> Jameson> several fold: (1)
GPL/copy-left; (2) larger % of user
> Jameson> installations make
GNU the defacto standard; (3) personal
> Jameson> preference for
GNU enhancements (viz: BSD Make suxz.)
>
> I'd actually argue
that there are far more non-Linux Unix installations
> in commercial
space than Linux installations. Maybe more hobbyist Linux
>
installs.
But the winds of change are blowing. At the Fortune
500 place where I work the mid-tier mandate is to move off of Solaris, HPUX
and AIX to Linux. Only if the hosted application doesn't
support Linux as a host do we keep the legacies.
--
Michael Rasmussen
http://www.jamhome.us/
Be Appropriate
&& Follow Your Curiosity
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