Re: Comparison of Java, C# for development on Windows and future for them

From: kim bruning <kim_at_NObruning.SPAMdemon.HEREnl.invalid>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 20:59:23 +0100
Message-ID: <rm8nva.6pc.ln@bruning.demon.nl>

Grant Wagner <gwagner_at_agricoreunited.com> wrote:
> kim bruning wrote:

>> > The death of UNIX is imminent Linux will kill and
>> > bury UNIX.
>>
>> That would be strange. Linux is a unix variant itself[1].

> Actually, it's neither "a unix variant", nor is it "a unix compatible os".
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> Maddog suggests we say instead that "Unix is a Linux-like operating system"]

Now *that's* a description I can live with ;-)

However, it does leave me with a bit of a problem. What do I call the _collection_ of inter-compatible systems with names ending in (i|u)x ?

> And simply because you can do ":%s/a unix variant/a unix compatible os/g"
> does not make the underlying "a unix variant" or "unix compatible".

Well no, because it was meant as a kind of "ha ha only serious" test to find out if someone was qualified to answer. While unix is a great system, for some reason I don't think you'd be happy if I called you a unix variant. ;-)

read you soon,

Kim Bruning Received on Fri Jan 10 2003 - 13:59:23 CST