20 Jan
2017
20 Jan
'17
5:30 p.m.
On 20 Jan 2017, at 15:45, Andy Kosela <akosela(a)andykosela.com> wrote:
I understand that Linux can still be called a new kid on the block, but it is actually
not "a new platform" anymore. It has been deployed (along with FreeBSD) in
large corporations for around 20 years now. It really became the Standard OS from
embedded world to supercomputers.
The people I'm talking about (who might be characterised as 'COBOL shops')
are not early adopters: 20 years is about how long it takes for them to decide something
is safe. Yes, of course Linux has been everywhere for a long time, but ten years ago it
almost certainly was not involved in running your bank account, while today it almost
certainly is.
Personally I do not find this to be a bad thing,
because with OS standardization comes uniformity, and I would rather have one true Unix
standard than hundreds of incompatible ones.
'Linux' and 'OS standardisation' are funny phrases to see in the same
sentence. (Note: I work in an exclusively Linux HPC environment: I am not some anti-Linux
holdout, I just have previously worked in the above-mentioned environments and I
appreciate their needs and fears).
I think this is probably off-topic tor TUHS, sorry.