[Info-vax] OT: Elephants Can't Dance

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <49b71a37$0$90263$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> In article <49b5d07b$0$90267$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
>> 	Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>>                                     - there are plenty
>>> of open source operating systems out there,     
>> 
>> Name one serious OS that is open source that is not just another flavor
>> of Unix.
> 
> I can not think of any.

So then, there really aren't "plenty of open source operating systems
out there", are there.  Just one really.  And, how many proprietary
(non-Unix) OSes are still out there?  Want my list?

> 
> But what so. Unix roots does not seem to scare away users.

Why should it?  Contrary to the warped vision of the IT industry found
here, there really is nothing wrong with Unix.  It has survived and moved
forward quite nicely over the last 3 decades while many of its competitors
fell by the wayside.

bill

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