[PLUG] Linux = Unix?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Anthony Schlemmer wrote:

> The systems where purchased in 1983/4 timeframe and were still running 
> 24/7 in 1991 with the same hardware when I left the company. The only 
> changes over those 7 years was some additional memory to support more 
> users and ethernet cards so we didn't have to use UUCP to transfer 
> files between systems anymore. 

  Take a look at how many Okidata dot-matrix printers are still working in
retail stores and other places after 20 years. Hardware used to be well
made. Many systems are still running but the companies that designed and
built them failed. What lesson do we gain from this?

Rich