[KLUG Members] Mudslinging

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Other than being commercial over GPL what is the difference between
> Unix and Linux?

Well, the key question is "What UNIX?".  Linux is Linux;  UNIX is IRIX,
SCO, UnixWare, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris, System V, etc....  Thats a *BIG*
difference.

And of the above UNIXes what ones can you run on Intel, Power PC,
Mainframe, and SPARC?

And of the above UNIXes what ones have an implementation of .Net
available?  (Giggle now, but in 12-18 months you will be *H*U*M*P*E*D*
without it, and the big boys know it).

And hardware support?  Plug a web-cam into your RS/6000 running AIX and
watch the all of absolutely nothing that happens.  Do HP/UX boxes even
have USB ports?

You want dynamic device support, an intelligent file system (as in WinFS
on Longhorn),  or how about clustering support with something like
OpenMOSIX?  On UNIX?  Don't hold your breath.

UNIX is enshrouded with the reek of death; that is the difference. 
Don't believe me?  Ask IBM.