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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: WHAT IS UNIX? (was IS UNIX DEAD?)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.173948.1402@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 17:39:48 GMT
- References: <1992Nov18.001148.2448@global.hacktic.nl> <1992Nov18.133433.21809@ifi.unizh.ch> <BxxH6C.AGK@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <98284@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Organization: Global Village 1
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- ioi@pixmap.seas.upenn.edu (Ioi Kim Lam) writes:
-
-
- >Unix does not have to appear as a complicated system
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > Yes, Unix *is* a complicated system, but it doesn't have to appear
- >so.
-
- In fact, *every* computer I've seen is a complex system. However, some *look*
- more complex than others.
-
- >Unix is not a static object
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- > Why can't Unix evolve?
-
- It WILL evolve, Sun, HP and other workstation manufacturers can't live without
- UNIX. And to stop the PC market from eating their market segment, they have to
- fight back. They can do that by addressing the needs of the current PC market.
-
- > Now there comes the tough part. Unix is not dead, I assure you,
- >but it will be.
-
- Plan 9...
-
- >out and replace the existing ones. The replacement of Unix is a sign of
- >progression. I love my old friend Unix but I would be very happy to see it
- >die. They day that Unix finally steps down will be an milestone in the
- >history of the computer, just as was the day when Unix was born.
-
- As long as something as nice as UNIX will come along. I mean, I don't want to
- use NT or OS/2 to be the cause of UNIX's death... I've used OS/2 v1.3 and
- although it is nice to run applications in, it isn't a powerful and easy
- programming environment.
-
-