Messages in this thread | | | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: Solaris 2.6 and Linux | Date | Fri, 26 Sep 1997 18:17:06 -0700 (PDT) |
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Hi,
> In some mail I received from Mike Kilburn, sie wrote > > > > > you folks but "Linux ain't Unix" (hmm, that will really stir up some flames). > > > > Its going to be quite interesting to see where Linux vs Unix vs NT are 5 years > > from now. It seems due to the populace nature of Linux it might survive the > > UNIX/NT showdown due soon. > > I think all the free Unixes will survive, but what will their role be ?
At least for Linux/MIPS a significant fraction of the people interested in using it for new hardware want Linux for their embedded systems of various types. For the embedded market the price/performance ratio is very important and that's exactly the point where nothing can outperform Free Software.
Ralf
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