Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Sep 1998 13:27:39 +0200 (CEST) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Linux, UDI and SCO. |
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On Fri, 18 Sep 1998, Nathan Hand wrote:
> The other obvious reason that SCO wants UDI to succeed is that Linux > has tonnes of drivers and SCO does not, and SCO wants to invent some > plausible way of leeching off the Linux drivers. > Of course, I am just being argumentative, because I actually support > UDI, because it will let me install Solaris on more hardware, and it > will help UNIX in general (even if not specifically Linux).
Currently, the main (management) argument against Unix is: "You're in a maze of twisty Unices, all incompatible."
With ia64 and UDI the Unix vendors (seem to) want to change that to: "You're in a maze of twisty Unices, all interchangeable."
Once we reach that last situation, Unix _will_ once again have a major non-techical selling point; _the_ selling point that is now used against Unix by non-technical folks in management and sales... All in all, it will save a lot of sysadmins ;)
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