4 Apr
2021
4 Apr
'21
5:36 p.m.
On Sun, Apr 4, 2021, 2:57 AM Josh Good <pepe(a)naleco.com> wrote:
On 2021 Apr 3, 19:23, Larry McVoy wrote:
A lot of the early open source used to recreate the SunOS commands and
args. It's what people were used to. Docs were also accessible in a way
that POSIX wouldn't be for a decade .. after that, it grew from there and
SunOS started to feel dated.
Warner
--
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