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“So whatever device you're reading this on either has a direct linage back to a 7090 (with Android/iOS/macOS/Linux being varieties of Linux)” Yikes. macOS & iO

• samplatt 7y ago
  Oh, so what if it's not a direct descendant and only a cousin? It shares enough DNA that people looking at the structure would assume common elements.
  • mtrower 7y ago
    It's like saying the Taurus, Camaro and Camry are all varieties of Mustang. The statement is false. Those are all varieties of cars, or automobiles - but not varieties of Mustang. Similarly, the listed Operating Systems are not varieties of Linux...
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    • timbit42 7y ago
      Seems obvious he meant they are varieties of Unix.
      • mtrower 7y ago
        Maybe. I've met an awful lot of people to whom such a distinction is just not obvious. People who would, for example, assert with perfect sincerity that MacOS is built on Linux, or that Solaris (or OpenSolaris, or Illumos, etc...) are the same thing as Linux. It may have been a typo, or it may not have been. The person I was directly responding to didn't seem to think so. Anyway, that's where the sentiment is coming from.
• sedatk 7y ago
  He says that 7090 formed the basis for CTSS which influenced Multics which influenced Unix. He doesn’t claim they are the same. See his correction tweet: https://twitter.com/foone/status/1201994846656843776?s=21 https://twitter.com/foone/status/1201994846656843776?s=21
• timbit42 7y ago
  I think the last 'Linux' was meant to be 'Unix'.