14 Sep
2016
14 Sep
'16
3:57 p.m.
On 09/14/2016 01:18 PM, Murray McCullough wrote:
Linux at 25 - created 25 years ago. Has it changed
computing or is it
'better' than WIN or MacOS?
Right--I really want Windows or Mac OS running the firmware in my
routers and DSL modem...
I'll posit that Linux has made a bigger splash not as a desktop
environment (which is what mostly distinguishes the many flavors of the
thing) but as embedded and server software. I was a bit surprised to
find that my home thermostat was running BusyBox.
--Chuck