[geeks] And The Linux Weenies Wonder Why They Aren't Mainstream...

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 07:51:21 CST 2006


Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Nick B. wrote:
> 
>> As someone who now has to maintain AIX, I think your sigline explains
>> your attraction to AIX.
> 
> I had the joy of maintaining AIX for nearly three years.  All I can say
> is that different folks enjoy different things.  I'd never seen an OS
> put together so well, but it's definitely IBM-weird.

It definitely has the requisite IBM weirdness, but I cut my teeth on 
mainframes, so I'm used to it.

IMHO, it's the cleanest of the Sys-V's.

Peace...  Sridhar



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