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> Those hackers then grew up, got proper jobs in IT and continued to use what they were already experienced in...Linux. Honestly by the late 1990's Linux was w
by nineteen999 5y ago
> Those hackers then grew up, got proper jobs in IT and continued to use what they were already experienced in...Linux.
Honestly by the late 1990's Linux was what was being requested by a lot of employers, with Solaris being the most common system it was displacing (in my experience). BSD simply wasn't even on the radar for most employers/employees.
- hnlmorg 5y agoThe "late 90s" is ~8 years after Linux's release though. So well within the time frame for uni students to have grown into hiring managers.