>> "[the inventor of Ethernet] says that if something comes along to
>> will never die. Unix has already undergone several such transformations."
>>
>> Think about that for a moment.
>
> Unix was born out of Multics. The funny fact is that Multics remained
> unique and Unix splittered among multiple incompatible flavors... :)
AFAIK, that's because Multics died shortly after birth, whereas Unix
will live forever (and therefore continue reproducing...)
It's natural selection, baby!
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