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This makes me wonder, in relation to the article: Why don’t we see more of HP-UX, AIX, Irix etc…? For better or worse, Linux has outcompeted most of those syste
by cpach 3y ago
This makes me wonder, in relation to the article: Why don’t we see more of HP-UX, AIX, Irix etc…? For better or worse, Linux has outcompeted most of those systems. I don’t claim Linux is perfect, but I believe there are reasons for it’s popularity.
- samus 3y agoIt's good enough for many applications, and few of its competitors had features that were so crucial to stop customers from leaving. Also, these competitors were all intimately tied to their platform. Unless you had one of these machines, there was no reason to ever use these OSs.
- pjmlp 3y agoLinux is free beer. We all know what trying to make Solaris free beer made to Sun. Orange juice made from bitter oranges tastes really well when given for free.
- brightlancer 3y agoCommercial UNIX was built to run on expensive RISC hardware; Linux was built to run on cheap x86 hardware. Commercial UNIX was certified to run Big Corporate applications; Linux ran FLOSS LAMP stacks. When x86 hardware became cheap AND reliable, and web apps took off, Linux became the better choice. The commercial UNIX vendors didn't adjust fast enough and were left behind. And now we have a network effect, where very few developers/ engineers know HP-UX or AIX, and software is being written specifically for Linux that would have to be ported to HP-UX or AIX.