[Info-vax] VMS survivability

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On Sun, 2023-02-19 at 15:34 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> But there was also hardware cost. Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and
> Tru64 was running on expensive hardware while Linux ran
> on cheaper x84-64 hardware (Solaris did also support x86-64
> besides the primary platform SPARC).

Another reason was it was extremely easy to bring up Linux on a new
hardware platform. Thus it spread to other architectures such as
UltraSparc very quickly. What helped it spread was the fact the GNU
compiler suite could very quickly sprout support for a platform as soon
as it became available. This, again, is also my biggest bugbear about
the LLVM suite, it only supports a limited subset because Rust needs
LLVM to do its work. Which means platforms like m68k etc can't get Rust
until LLVM gets the support. 

Today Linux runs on billions of compute devices. The majority are
Android mobile phones. It even runs on devices in outer space. 

I'd consider that an success story. 
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