> A while back Rubenerd wrote that he’s not sure that UNIX won IMHO UNIX didn't win, somewhat UNIX compatible systems did (like Linux) and UNIX was one of many

> A while back Rubenerd wrote that he’s not sure that UNIX won IMHO UNIX didn't win, somewhat UNIX compatible systems did (like Linux) and UNIX was one of many stepping stones/tools/gears for them do archive what they did archive, and only that. Through yes especially at the beginning it was an important gear. I would even argue that UNIX never did had a chance to win, it always was only one gear of many in systems with increasingly more gears which become increasingly less dependent on that gear (through it's still quite useful so no reason to remove it).