4 Apr
2021
4 Apr
'21
10:55 a.m.
On 2021 Apr 3, 19:23, Larry McVoy wrote:
all these years later, the best part of my career was
at Sun. Sun
was the Bell Labs of my generation.
Yes, it looks like in those years inferior Unix vendors were playing a game
of lock-in with their customers, while Sun was playing the opposite game:
attracting users and developers with features, openness and by providing a
more joyful user/developer experience.
Those who could, used Sun kit. Those not so fortunate, aspired to use it.
--
Josh Good