You can't possibly be enthused about Unix without FOSS, BSD, Linux, Mac, etc. These have played a large role in the history of Unix and it's derivatives. Furthermore, I think when one says Unix most people don't think solely of the traditional HP-UX, Solaris and AIX Unix flavors. Maybe I'm alone (or maybe I'll have the older members swinging at me with bottles defending the reality they grew up with), but to me the term Unix also includes its offshoots, clones and related software (those that follow the principles of Unix). There may be differences between being at an HP-UX terminal and a CentOS terminal, but either way they both largely hold true to many of the Unix principles and are functionally very similar.
I think the term Unix is still relevant. My two cents anyway... -- Brett Johnson simpleroute | 1690 Williston Road | South Burlington, VT 05401 tel: 802-578-3983 | email: [email protected] | web: simpleroute.com On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Marc Farnum Rendino <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Josh Sled <[email protected]>wrote: > >> VAGUE's domain is spelled out in its name: unix enthusiasts. >> >> But does that even make sense in 2010? > > > FWIW, I think it does still make sense: > > "UNIX" is not just a specific product, but a way of life - and it begat > OSS, Linux, Mac OS X, etc. > > It's a living, changing ecosystem and there's nothing wrong with continuing > to nod to the founders. :) > > Of course it could be made "a wink and a nod" by saying that VAGUE is no > longer an acronym, but a name on it's own. :) > > - Marc >
