Unix. IT should ask for it by name

Re:Unix. IT should ask for it by name by forkqueue on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @01:24PM (#532100)

Honestly, I think anyone asking for HP-UX or AIX "because it's UNIX" should have retired at least a decade ago.

Similarly, anyone naive enough to believe that "Any skills, staff, source code, infrastructure, and solutions you invest in any Unix are portable across IBM, Sun, Fujitsu, HP, Apple, and generic 32- and 64-bit x86 hardware." really shouldn't be placed in a position where they have any say over platform choice.

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Re:Unix. IT should ask for it by name by cabalamat on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @01:31PM (#532118)

> Honestly, I think anyone asking for HP-UX or AIX "because it's UNIX" should have retired at least a decade ago.

Me too. I did wonder if this was written in the 1990s, but it was actually written this year. It's silly and clueless.

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Re:Unix. IT should ask for it by name by biohacker42 on Wednesday March 25, 2009 @03:11PM (#532264)

I think the audience for the article is pointy haired managers.

And the language they understand sound exactly like the language we understand but is in fact not the same thing at all!

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