17 Jul
2020
17 Jul
'20
8:19 p.m.
I agree but the purists will say linux is more like minux or other
rewrites from scratch. All the other stuff listed below that isn't
Linux, all traces back to v7, v6, etc.
Given that Linux is so wide spread, yeah, it would be nice to have a
place for old fuddy duddies like me to smack our gums and say "sonny
boy, you and your fancy TCP/IP, a modem was good enough for me and it
was uphill in both directions" :-)
Actually, TCP/IP was awesome when we got it. Modems were better than
nothing but they sucked until they were fast enough for SLIP.
On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 02:08:31PM -0400, Norman Wilson wrote:
In my humble-but-correct opinion*, Linux and its
origins fit into the general topic of UNIX history
just as well as those of Research UNIX or BSD or
SVr4.2.2.2.2.2.2.2 or SunOS or IRIX or Ultrix or
Tru64-compaqted-HPSauce or whatever. It all stems
from the same roots, despite the protestations of
purists from all sides.
Warren gets final say, of course, but to encourage
him I will say: Ploooogie!
Norman Wilson
Toronto ON
* One of Peter Weinberger's sayings that I still
enjoy overusing.
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