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

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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.

No.

Unix and Unix-like operating systems is not one operating system.

>> 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.

Surprisingly - yes.

Arne