Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: System V Release 4.0 versus BSD Keywords: UNIX System V Release 4.0 BSD Message-ID: Date: 23 Jul 90 20:16:52 GMT References: <179@mixcom.UUCP> <3693@auspex.auspex.com> <2059@cirrusl.UUCP> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article <2059@cirrusl.UUCP> dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) writes: > For about two years now, every time somebody has mentioned the System V > versus BSD battle (which was really lost and won years ago),... Yep. And the winners are manufacturers of memory devices, and the losers are the users... If automobiles had developed as fast as computer software, today a Rolls Royce would cost 30 million dollars, require thousands of gallons to the mile, go 2 miles per hour, but be able to carry a space shuttle on the roof rack. Just in case. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U`