Re: Ada & Posix

[billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe, 2847 )]

From billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu:
>    Ada has always had its portability,
>    whereas Unix is just now struggling to achieve it.

   Consider also this quote from last Wednesday's Wall Street Journal:

      Currently, about 9% of the world's computers run Unix.
      It was feared that the computer industry's inability to
      agree on a single version of Unix would slow its spread.
      But because there is now a potential standard version of
      Unix, the operating system's popularity is expected to
      surge.  Analysts estimate that more than a quarter of the
      computer systems will run Unix by 1993.  "Having a clear
      common [standard] will encourage the perception that Unix
      is a mainstream product," said Eric Schmidt, vice president 
      of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s general systems group.

   Contrary to what some Usenetters seem to think, Unix is by no
   means universal; it is only recently discovering the need to
   impose the discipline of standardization, so that it might seek 
   more than its present single-digit level of market share.
 

   Bill Wolfe, wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu