Re: Diff. in BSDI

And then there's stuff like VMS that makes up it's own conventions :-)

I think you basically have it right. Each UNIX flavor has it's own
"personality". Different paths, a few different utilities, and apparently
lack or presence of a few libraries and/or system calls :-(

        -Bill

On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote:

> > Is this normal between UNIX flavors?
>
> Yup. It is just like food: Everybody wants to add its own secret spice.
> Seriously, the main differences come from different trends on UNIX
> development: BSD, SysV and OpenSystem; and those also have their own
> subdivisions.
> Just to make things worse, some UNIXes just don't follow any of
> those trends, yet some follow parts of all.
> The more experienced fellows would like to add on this?
> My 2 cents.
>
> Regards,
> Mario Ferreira
>
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Received on Fri Apr 17 1998 - 22:15:25 MDT