UNIX is dead. Long live UNIX
Sun 12 November 2023
by R.L. Dane
I remember once watching a video of presenter at a Linux conference boldly proclaim, "UNIX is dead."
As someone who worked on UNIX systems for over a decade, and who's played with UNIX variants off and on for three decades, that is a pretty incendiary statement.
With apologies to Sophocles …
read moreMelech - the character of a king
Thu 20 July 2023
by R.L. Dane
I was thinking about the difference between a kingdom and an empire, and the difference between a king and an emperor.
Let's start with some basic definitions...