Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> __/ [ yttrx ] on Friday 02 February 2007 20:51 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Survey: The Demise Of Unix Is Exaggerated
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | A new study from the Gabriel Consulting Group shows that
>>> | use of Unix, particularly in high-end systems, is on the
>>> | rise in the enterprise.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=DVVELH2S4DGFIQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=197001433
>>>
>>> If Unix isn't dying, why is SCO?
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Incidentally, IBM tops all Unix vendors in a recent preference survey.
>>> | I'm just guessing, but I can't help but think that its dignified
>>> | behavior during the SCO attack has to have something to do with that.
>>> | There seems to be something to the expression that you reap what
>>> | you sow.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070130091718234
>>
>> I know I've preferred AIX to all other commercial Unices for a number of
>> years...in fact, probably since Compaq bought DEC and slowly smothered
>> Tru64 to death. Since the demise of DEC, I have never worked with more
>> stable computers than AIX machines in the Unix class...not including of
>> course the sorts of things that run Z/OS and so forth.
>
> That's the impression I was getting. It sounds as though Solaris, AIX and
> some BSDs are what you're surrounded by. I personally find it pleasant that
> UNIX isn't harmed. Everybody lives in harmony, unless "balance-sheet
> liability" FUD is spewed out and angers maintainers of mixed environments.
> In due course, Linux will probably close and widen the gap (positively). The
> same goes for MySQL. Just look at a role model like Firefox. There is no
> reason why, given the momentum that builds up, open source alternatives will
> become equivalents or even enhancements to existing proprietary software
> that is mature. Just give time for performance and /perception/ to change.
> FWIW, my only contact with Solaris is an FTP server I have been using
> heavily over the years. BSD powers one of my sites, which is 6 years old.
> Both are roughly as reliable as the Linux servers and desktops that I use.
>
Right. In fact, years ago (not sure, I may have mentioned this before),
I wrote a little application that called the package manager on HP/UX,
Solaris, AIX or IRIX and "gnu-ified" them by hitting a central repository
that I set up of statically linked, pre-compiled GNU binaries of all the
handy, cant-live-without stuff (gtar gzip, etc). All in all it was about
30 or 40 binaries and as far as I know quite a few people used it.
We never had a problem with combining open source with our proprietary
operating systems, as no one ever should. The best tool for the job is
often (but not always) open source, and therefore open source is
useful.
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