19 Jan
2023
19 Jan
'23
10:59 p.m.
On Jan 19, 2023, at 7:05 AM, Dan Cross <crossd(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Meh. I don't know. I'll make a prediction: at least one of the BSDs
will outlive Linux.
Even though I prefer *BSD to Linux I am afraid this is
unlikely when people are talking about porting µClinux
to a 10 cent riscv part (CH32V003)! Granted it is not a
full linux but still. BSDs have no resources for this.
Worse, many of these parts are insufficiently documented,
the same disease that afflicts all the io device vendors
who provide some windows/Linux driver but not enough
detailed documentation. And we will likely see more such
embedded devices in all sorts of inexpensive widgets.
Linux right now sort of reminds me of commercial Unix
in the 90s.
Personally, I think something's going to come from out of left field
and displace it within the next 15 years, just like Linux displaced
(and yes, killed) commercial Unix. Compatibility shims for the API
will continue to exist, but the implementation will be very different.
I wonder if the era of general purpose computers will
survive.