As I understand things, and Allison's article in particular, HP offered what
were at one time original (and still useful but now more commonly available)
additions to UNIX, better management utilities and so on. And Linux still
lacks most of these. HP bringing their additions to Linux would be a boon to
Linux, but could also make HP-UX a more likely choice for a vendor-provided
and supported solution.

Perhaps IBM believes that Linux will probably fragment, but their consortium
can achieve that unification of thought, that garden of pure ideology? And
perhaps they can convince SCO and company to march in step, as one people,
with one will, one resolve, one cause... That seems IMO consistent with IBM
'Cathedral' thinking (which I nevertheless favor over the Bazaar approach).
I just question, given a choice between an Open Source Linux and a
Consortium Monterey UNIX, which will the market favor? I also wonder where
Sun stands in all this.

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Scott [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 3:00 PM
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Subject: [Off-Topic] Linux and Monterey

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For the immediate future, having a strong proprietary UNIX that is
highly optimized for your hardware and which is fully supported (like
HP-UX) seems to me to be the winning option (at least until Linux
becomes more professional).  HP started down the SCO road and apparently
changed their minds.  The interesting question is why is IBM going along
with it now?

G.