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It's the beer, I knew it! (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Ilgaz@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago

UNIX was a small and inexpensive open source system and could create miracles for such a low price.

When Linus came into scene, UNIX was heavily fragmented, expensive, closed with some insane trickery to make sure nobody cross compiles anything on the "enemy UNIX" (rival). I don't say go and read them but the size of auto tools should give a clue. It is one of the under rated inventions of GNU. Obviously BSD people have their own valid counter point too.

The only serious thing around was still Novell who begun to take UNIX serious right after Linux had a serious shape. I remember my company paid a Novell tech $2000 to restore the files from their SCSI. It wasn't a rip off, that is what happens when you use a closed system. Who knows how much money Novell took for training. For the curious: They still didn't buy a tape backup system.

We should just read first lines, check photo additionally remembering all those suits at IBM, Sun and MS and laugh. That is what meme is for. :-)

I also laugh whenever I see the quote of a open source developer with a cowboy hat in elevator of MS .

MS guy (with BillG tone): I am sorry but who are you? OSS guy: I am your worst nightmare!