Is UNIX really UNIX? (the bun discussion?)

[bousozoku]

This article, hosted by IBM, gives more truth about UNIX than anywhere else I've seen.

Technology professionals have loosely used the term "UNIX" since the first person had to explain the difference between the Berkeley and AT&T flavors, so it's not surprising to find as many UNIX® standards as there are versions of the operating system. Peter Seebach wades through the wellspring of UNIX standards and sorts them out for you, concluding that the rumors of the death of UNIX are (as usual) greatly exaggerated.
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[Unorthodox]

I always kinda wondered about that.

No that we got that cleared up, lets discuss why hot dogs come in packages of 10, but hot dog buns come in packages of 8.
Boggles the mind.

 

[Josh]

No that we got that cleared up, lets discuss why hot dogs come in packages of 10, but hot dog buns come in packages of 8.
Boggles the mind.

Because it is intended that every person, will always, without fail, buy 5 packages of buns a long with 4 packages of hot dogs.

That, and there are more misc. meat farms than there are bun farms.

 

[homerjward]

the hot dogs i buy come in packages of 8...

as usual for ibm articles, it was interesting, but so wordy as to be confusing enough for me not to finish it. anywhere with an 'extended summary?'

 

[mdavey]

the hot dogs i buy come in packages of 8...'

Mine too, but I can only get buns in 6x or 12x

 

[iMeowbot]

the hot dogs i buy come in packages of 8...

Yep, 8 or 10 around here.

as usual for ibm articles, it was interesting, but so wordy as to be confusing enough for me not to finish it. anywhere with an 'extended summary?'

So many things have been called Unix by so many people for so many years that the term no longer means anything. If it walks and quacks like a duck, it's probably an operating system. Or a duck. Or not.

I think that covers it.

 

[Unorthodox]

The bun discussion? A little off topic.... What have I done!
Maybe this need it's own thread. Ha! That would be pretty low.

OK, back to UNIX!

 

[jhu]

the hot dogs i buy come in packages of 8...

as usual for ibm articles, it was interesting, but so wordy as to be confusing enough for me not to finish it. anywhere with an 'extended summary?'

the different versions of "unix" are more similar than not. UNIX is a trademark. Unix is a design philosophy.

 

[bousozoku]

the different versions of "unix" are more similar than not. UNIX is a trademark. Unix is a design philosophy.

Technically, they're more similar than not. Operationally, they're still not all that similar but certainly better than they were in the 1980s.

 

[iMeowbot]

dmr has a collection of many interesting things named Unix, none of which are hot dogs.

 

[jhu]

dmr has a collection of many interesting things named Unix, none of which are hot dogs.

what? no unix condoms?

 

[After G]

Hot dogs come in packs of 8 and buns in packs of 10 so you can buy 5 packs of hot dogs and 4 packs of buns and have the same amount of hot dogs as buns.

 

[notjustjay]

what? no unix condoms?

Eunuchs wouldn't need them...