Is Unix on Borrowed Time?
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A panel of Linux luminaries here predicted the demise of Unix over time, saying it would inevitably be replaced by Linux.
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Torvalds also told the audience that he released on Sunday the first beta for the upcoming Linux 2.6 kernel, which will be followed by a few months of beta testing, and that customers need to test the beta.
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In a Microsoft world, the default approach is to build things into the kernel, Augustin said, while Linux development takes a layered approach where things are built above the core system, leading to a very different approach as to how these matters should be dealt with.
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