>there's really nothing very innovating about Linux
>Of course there's kernel innovation
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Perhaps ease up a bit on the hyperbole, you just took 2 polar opposite positions in the space of as many comments.
>ZFS - Linus had nothing to do with that
harshreality wasn't saying that Linus had anything to do with ZFS, he was noting it as an example of 'innovation [in something] that "looks like unix"' in order to counter your odd implication that that all unix variants are pretty much the same and devoid of innovation. To break down your argument, you say that:
1 - "Linux isn't innovative"
2 - "It's just another variant"
3 - "Like the myriad of other ones"
So Linux isn't innovative, and since all of the other ones (Solaris, BSDs, etc.) are alike, that they are neither innovative. You basically denied that there has been any innovation in Unix since it left Bell Labs. The ZFS example was a counter to that implicit claim.
>Of course there's kernel innovation
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Perhaps ease up a bit on the hyperbole, you just took 2 polar opposite positions in the space of as many comments.
>ZFS - Linus had nothing to do with that
harshreality wasn't saying that Linus had anything to do with ZFS, he was noting it as an example of 'innovation [in something] that "looks like unix"' in order to counter your odd implication that that all unix variants are pretty much the same and devoid of innovation. To break down your argument, you say that: 1 - "Linux isn't innovative" 2 - "It's just another variant" 3 - "Like the myriad of other ones"
So Linux isn't innovative, and since all of the other ones (Solaris, BSDs, etc.) are alike, that they are neither innovative. You basically denied that there has been any innovation in Unix since it left Bell Labs. The ZFS example was a counter to that implicit claim.