How could any flavor but Linux set the standard for compatibility? I guess a *BSD could - theoretically - if they had more market share, but a commercial flavor never could.
The source code for the reference implementation should be open in order to easily get really good compatibility among all implementations.
Linux will not be the only Unix implementation left - far from it. But Linux will be THE reference implementation of Unix for commodity desktop applications.
It will take more time - for Linux/SPARC, Linux/MIPS, etc. become more prevalent and mature. But then Solaris, Irix and everyone else will follow.
Then office apps will cover all Unices with just one source code base, little source configuration and just one binary version per processor family.
It seems to me that he did more than anybody to stimulate these developments, by writing Mesa. We should all be grateful for all of his very hard work.
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How could any flavor but Linux set the standard for compatibility? I guess a *BSD could - theoretically - if they had more market share, but a commercial flavor never could.
The source code for the reference implementation should be open in order to easily get really good compatibility among all implementations.
Linux will not be the only Unix implementation left - far from it. But Linux will be THE reference implementation of Unix for commodity desktop applications.
It will take more time - for Linux/SPARC, Linux/MIPS, etc. become more prevalent and mature. But then Solaris, Irix and everyone else will follow.
Then office apps will cover all Unices with just one source code base, little source configuration and just one binary version per processor family.
Graphics in userland is the way to go for anything that may be used heavily in server roles. Unix has always followed this wisdom.
NT 3.5 was properly engineered. NT 4.0 is not.
Make that a *big* pat on the back!
It seems to me that he did more than anybody to stimulate these developments, by writing Mesa. We should all be grateful for all of his very hard work.
The future sure looks bright!