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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues
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To: Jim who wrote (5189)3/31/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: David Eddy  Read Replies (1) of 9818
 
Jim -

Linux is simply a cut down version of UNIX. There are MANY systems written in UNIX which will work with Linux.

But this is speaking as though UNIX is a single operating system. A few years back, several of the Unix players attempted to join together to attempt to standardize Unix. They formed an outfit called the OSF (Open Software Foundation).

I remember the president of OSF stating that Unix was in fact at least 108 different variants.

Part II

I have a Unix heavy friend with whom I debate systems administration issues from time-to-time. While I use Macintosh now (I want to drive, not tinker), I used to know MVS (IBM's flagship OS). Out of the blue one day my friend confessd that he was finally convinced that Unix would never make it as a commercial operating system because there were just too many variants.

- David
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