Why is this at -2? It's a perfectly factual, if unprofound, remark on the linked article. I thought the same thing when I read it. Why identify Linux as a "desktop" thing? It's a unix clone, and remains so whether it runs on TVs or phones or telco racks.
I'd say most Linux machines in the wild are running on consumer devices.
Re:40 Years of Unix
by calcnerd256 on Thursday August 20, 2009 @12:21PM
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Both can be true simultaneously. My server is running on a consumer device.
Re:40 Years of Unix
by calcnerd256 on Thursday August 20, 2009 @01:49PM
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Scratch that. I just realized that he wasn't referring to desktop computers when he said consumer devices. I now think he meant set-top boxes and things of that nature.
Bingo, the tivo's and tomtom's of the world. and if you go by generic unix-style systems, you can throw in iphones and ipod touches to that list too.
tivos and tomtoms rather.
Yeah really. I have a few thousand "consumer devices" running both Linux and actual UNIX.
Re:40 Years of Unix
by calcnerd256 on Thursday August 20, 2009 @01:49PM
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A few thousand? Of what nature are these?
Of course there are plenty of desktop Linux distros, but most Linux machines in the wild are running servers.