Just because Unix was the last man standing, doesn't mean it's good. Bad products win in the marketplace all the time and for all kinds of reasons. In Unix's ca

Just because Unix was the last man standing, doesn't mean it's good. Bad products win in the marketplace all the time and for all kinds of reasons. In Unix's case I'd argue the damage is particularly severe because hackers have elevated Unix to a religion and insisted that all its flaws are actually virtues.