Comments on: PACS Presentation, PA LoCo Team //www.joeterranova.net/blog/2007/05/22/pacs-presentation-pa-loco-team/ I do stuff with people. Sat, 09 Apr 2011 03:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: joe //www.joeterranova.net/blog/2007/05/22/pacs-presentation-pa-loco-team/comment-page-1/#comment-109 joe Sun, 27 May 2007 16:34:39 +0000 //www.joeterranova.net/2007/05/22/pacs-presentation-pa-loco-team/#comment-109 Scott, This is true, there are many alternatives. However, this was a presentation on Linux and Ubuntu, and the part you're taking in context (Alternatives to Unix?) was during my part on the history of Unix and Linux -- there may be lots of options now, but there wasn't in 1992. Scott,

This is true, there are many alternatives. However, this was a presentation on Linux and Ubuntu, and the part you’re taking in context (Alternatives to Unix?) was during my part on the history of Unix and Linux — there may be lots of options now, but there wasn’t in 1992.

]]> By: Scott //www.joeterranova.net/blog/2007/05/22/pacs-presentation-pa-loco-team/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Scott Sun, 27 May 2007 05:56:09 +0000 //www.joeterranova.net/2007/05/22/pacs-presentation-pa-loco-team/#comment-106 I thought I'd point a few things out... FreeBSD is based on BSD, which in turn is based on AT&T UNIX. Then there are the NetBSD, OpenBSD & DragonFly forks of FreeBSD. And then there's <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Debian_GNU/kFreeBSD" rel="nofollow">Debian GNU/Kbsd</a> Oh and now we have <a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/" rel="nofollow">OpenSolaris</a> with several derivatives of it including GNU/OpenSolaris. <a href="http://www.gnusolaris.org/gswiki" rel="nofollow">Nexenta</a> is OpenSolaris + Ubuntu. :) Lots of alternatives out there... I thought I’d point a few things out…

FreeBSD is based on BSD, which in turn is based on AT&T UNIX.

Then there are the NetBSD, OpenBSD & DragonFly forks of FreeBSD.

And then there’s Debian GNU/Kbsd

Oh and now we have OpenSolaris with several derivatives of it including GNU/OpenSolaris. Nexenta is OpenSolaris + Ubuntu. :)

Lots of alternatives out there…

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