The lines of descent are not etched as deep as you suggest. > BSDs descend from the original Berkeley Unix from the 70s But they continue to be worked on. To

The lines of descent are not etched as deep as you suggest. > BSDs descend from the original Berkeley Unix from the 70s But they continue to be worked on. To wit, this announcement. > the newer, Linux, line Linux did not pop into existence. It traces its heritage too all the way back to Unix, which traces its way to MULTICS, which traces... "The success of UNIX lies not so much in new inventions but rather in the full exploitation of a carefully selected set of fertile ideas..." --- Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson