On 01/31/2016 03:31 PM, Johan S wrote:
On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:33:24 +0100
Aurélien Larcher <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello,
I don t find the comparison useful ... i mean how useful is it ...?
Linux was written from scratch ... by Hp Ibm SGI and lot
of companies .
This is absolutely irrelevant and could only lead to flamewar...
Documentation is not a fair place for any kind of propaganda...
My 2 cts
I agree with Johan, I do not think this is meaningful for the handbook.
People running Linux do not care about reading about Linux in the FAQ and
people who do not know about Linux (if any) may just benefit from the
knowledge that illumos/*BSD/Linux follow the UNIX paradigm with slight
differences.
Discussions about origins, who funded what, ideology vs change of business
model etc.. are off-topic.
The difference worth mentioning may be that illumos is not just a kernel
unlike Linux (system approach like *BSDs vs Linux-type loose coupling ?).
Thanks , i had been using AT&T Unix, BSD* and Linux for more than 20 years.
Nowadays people often get more confused calling Unix where they should call
it Linux and vice versa.. just have a look in employment offers :-)
Working with superdome involves HPUX knowledge not Redhat , working on Onyx
requires knowing IRIX which is BSD...
Keep things simple and avoid flamewars :-)
I would prefer reading somewhat like "Illumos has direct roots from Unix and
therefore is more than just an Unix like"
But then again is documentation the right place for philosophy ?
Eventually one can lead the reader to historical materials ... :-)
Agreed....it's not a useful comparison....marked for deprecation;-)
Writing this, I had no idea this one section would generate so many
comments.
Happy to hear all the responses though:-)
Michael
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