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On The Death Of Unix
An anonymous reader writes "In an interview with Red Hat Asia Pacific boss Gus Roberston, he tells ZDNet why he believes Unix will be dead since in future, there will only be two operating systems left (for corporations). "We don't see ourselves competing against Microsoft. We are taking market share away from Unix," he said. However, IDC counters Robertson's claim saying Unix market share has actually been increasing in that part of the world."
sco unixware of course, the unix of real men!
doh!
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
...Long live Unix (as linux)
From: Darl McBride
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It doesn't seem any deader than usual to me.
Programming can be fun again. Film at 11.
"I don't use [product] any more."
"What? but, Agnes you've always used [product].
"Nope, now I've switched--to *NEW*, *IMPROVED* [product]. It's even tastier, more absorbent, and 22.6% faster-acting!"
"How to Do Nothing," kids activities, back in print!
Is that some old Linux distro?
As an enlightened, modern parent, I try to be as involved as possible in the lives of my six children. I encourage them to join team sports. I attend their teen parties with them to ensure no drinking or alcohol is on the premises. I keep a fatherly eye on the CDs they listen to and the shows they watch, the company they keep and the books they read. You could say I'm a model parent. My children have never failed to make me proud, and I can say without the slightest embellishment that I have the finest family in the USA. Two years ago, my wife Carol and I decided that our children's education would not be complete without some grounding in modern computers. To this end, we bought our children a brand new Compaq to learn with. The kids had a lot of fun using the handful of application programs we'd bought, such as Adobe's Photoshop and Microsoft's Word, and my wife and I were pleased that our gift was received so well. Our son Peter was most entranced by the device, and became quite a pro at surfing the net. When Peter began to spend whole days on the machine, I became concerned, but Carol advised me to calm down, and that it was only a passing phase. I was content to bow to her experience as a mother, until our youngest daughter, Cindy, charged into the living room one night to blurt out: "Peter is a computer hacker!"
As you can imagine, I was amazed. A computer hacker in my own house! I began to monitor my son's habits, to make certain that Cindy wasn't just telling stories, as she is prone to doing at times.
After a few days of investigation, and some research into computer hacking, I confronted Peter with the evidence. I'm afraid to say, this was the only time I have ever been truly disappointed in one of my children. We raised them to be honest and to have integrity, and Peter betrayed the principles we tried to encourage in him, when he refused point blank to admit to his activities. His denials continued for hours, and in the end, I was left with no choice but to ban him from using the computer until he is old enough to be responsible for his actions.
After going through this ordeal with my own family, I was left pondering how I could best help others in similar situations. I'd gained a lot of knowledge over those few days regarding hackers. It's only right that I provide that information to other parents, in the hope that they will be able to tell if their children are being drawn into the world of hacking. Perhaps other parents will be able to steer their sons back onto the straight and narrow before extreme measures need to be employed.
To this end, I have decided to publish the top ten signs that your son is a hacker. I advise any parents to read this list carefully and if their son matches the profile, they should take action. A smart parent will first try to reason with their son, before resorting to groundings, or even spanking. I pride myself that I have never had to spank a child, and I hope this guide will help other parents to put a halt to their son's misbehaviour before a spanking becomes necessary.
1. Has your son asked you to change ISPs?
Most American families use trusted and responsible Internet Service Providers, such as AOL. These providers have a strict "No Hacking" policy, and take careful measures to ensure that your internet experience is enjoyable, educational and above all legal. If your child is becoming a hacker, one of his first steps will be to request a change to a more hacker friendly provider.
I would advise all parents to refuse this request. One of the reasons your son is interested in switching providers is to get away from AOL's child safety filter. This filter is vital to any parent who wants his son to enjoy the internet without the endangering him through exposure to "adult" content. It is best to stick with the protection AOL provides, rather than using a home-based solution. If your son is becoming a hacker, he will be able to circumvent any home-based measures with surprising ease, using information gleaned from variou
Slashdot article: Something is dead and/or dying
Discussion:
It's not dead, I use it all the time.
It's dead for the following reasons...
Flame 1...n (although highly informative flamewar)
Windows sucks.
It seems someone wants to celebrate the Death of UNIX at least once a year, why not make it a national holiday? Let all the SysAdmins take a day off.
Remember how Windows 95 died, and then suddenly there were no Windows users left in the world? Yeah, I thought it might be something like that...
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
hope i wan't have to remove my "unix forever" tatoo from my arm.
Crap!
I finally figured out vi!
You are attempting to read sigs. Cancel or Allow?
Not when all the sunshine is blocked by a redmond^H^H^H^Hwood.
Bowie J. Poag
Apple has been dead what? At least 50 times now.
BSD, well, let's just not go there.
Linux clearly is on its death bed, what with all those lawsuits by good wholesome Utahmericans fighting communism and
MS is clearly making way too much money to be alive much longer.
Does Unix have any reason to live while others die at least once a week. I say, if Unix doesn't make up its mind soon, let's kill it ourselves!
Cheers.
I think, therefore I am...I think.
GNU is not Unix.
Because we all know that elvis was an alien robot.
In an interview with Xzine and Unix, Unix tells
Xzine why it believes Gus Roberston will be dead
since in will be in the future. "A Guy (Gus) simply
can only live so long. If he won't last, why hire
him?" it said. However, Robertson countered,
claiming all rumours of his death were exaggerated
and that he was in excellent condition.
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sigamajig...
Only 2 ? the guy is dreaming.
.. they are just not relevant any more. Game over.
#1 OS - Embedded Linux & variants - running mobile phones, PDAs, cars, fridges, toasters, etc.
#2 OS - Free Unix variants - Linux, BSD, etc, running the desktops, front end systems and clustered servers.
#3 OS - Commercial Unixen, Solaris - MacOS - zSeries Linux - HPUX - Irix - as part of turn-key big mother mission critical systems.
#4 OS - Proprietry Commercial OSen, MVS (or whatever they run on mainframes these days), OpenVMS-II, Tandem Guardian, NSA super secret hackproof proprietry OS, and other weird ass stuff that does some very specific job.
Did I mention Microsoft at all ? no