PC Week: Unix community: Still happily fragmented

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 10, 1999

“… the fragmentation of Unix has always been viewed as a
liability, but the truth is, it is a strength and always has
been…”

“Unix has been threatened with unification almost as long as it
has been in existence…”

“We’ll never know if Unix might have done better as a single,
unified version. But we do know that it has done remarkably well in
scores of different versions.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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