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I do, but I'm not confident that the Linux monopoly will go anywhere. It's a network effects thing. Everyone demands POSIX compatibility, and it's getting to t
by bunderbunder 9y ago
I do, but I'm not confident that the Linux monopoly will go anywhere.
It's a network effects thing. Everyone demands POSIX compatibility, and it's getting to the point where software doesn't even try to be cross-platform anymore; it just assumes you've got POSIX and a GNU environment. Possibly even specifically Linux -- Docker will run on other OSes, but it does so by launching a Linux VM to run all the containers in.
- inferiorhuman 9y agoSo what happens now that systemd is dragging Linux away from POSIX compatibility?
- mcguire 9y agoPOSIX itself doesn't matter (it really hasn't since there were competing UNIXes and portability was important.)
- JdeBP 9y agoPOSIX is an interface contract between users/programmers and the operating system, and very much matters.
- pjmlp 9y agoNot really, nowadays Linux compatibly seems more relevant than plain old POSIX, and even then only when coding in C or C++. "POSIX Abstractions in Modern Operating Systems: The Old, the New, and the Missing" http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nsl/papers/2016/posix.eurosys16.pdf http://www.cs.columbia.edu/nsl/papers/2016/posix.eurosys16.p...
- y4mi 9y agoIt's true that web applications are very Linux-centric, there are however a lot of business solutions that run on Windows. ELO, DATEV, SAP comes to mind.