NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/comp/unix/question/13557

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From: [e-mail] (Luke Kendall)
Subject: Absurd! (Re: IS UNIX DEAD)
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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:48:31 GMT
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This `is Unix dead' is one of the most stupid subjects I have ever seen
discussed.
  1) Some people seem to be confusing operating systems with the
     applications that run under the OS.
  2) Unix is the only OS that will run on (effectively) every computer ever
     manufactured.  Nothing else offers this - there _is no alternative_.
     (Even ignoring the fact that the Mac and PC operating systems only
     run on one hardware platform each, they still often have difficulty
     operating with add-on hardware even though it is intended to be
     used for them specifically!
Prediction:
  Now that Unix can be run on PCs, and the price barrier of all its
  benefits has fallen, and we are seeing many more user-friendly
  programs being developed for it, it will become the underlying
  operating system of choice.

It has its drawbacks, but nothing like those of its `competitors'. Sure,
Windows etc. will probably still be popular in 20 years time.  But what
do you expect? Some people still program in Cobol, for heaven's sake!
--
Luke Kendall, Senior Software Engineer.      | Net:   [e-mail]
Canon Information Systems Research Australia | Phone: [phone]
P.O. Box 313 North Ryde, NSW, Australia 2113 | Fax:   [phone]