14 Mar
2017
14 Mar
'17
9:51 p.m.
But how far along are we on the Linux timeline, and how far along was
Sun on the SunOS timeline before they stopped developing it?
It's been 23 or so years since my first exposure to Linux.
SunOS started at 1.0 in 1983, and last release was just before 1995. 12
years in total. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunOS
Now, of course, I understand SunOS is based on BSD so there is a lot
more work invested in SunOS before Sun even started on it which adds
another 10 years (maybe less) to the SunOS development timeline. But in
reality, how much of Linux was based on previous works?
Just a thought experiment, nothing more.
On 3/14/2017 11:38 AM, Larry McVoy wrote:
As someone who dedicated a bunch of his life to Unix,
it pains me to say
it but Linux is better than a lot of the Unix systems from back in the
day. I loved SunOS but I wouldn't trade today's Linux for SunOS and I
don't think there are very many people who would disagree.
It got better than "good enough".