Comment on 40 Years of UnixparentComments−calcnerd25617yBoth can be true simultaneously. My server is running on a consumer device.−calcnerd25617yScratch that. I just realized that he wasn't referring to desktop computers when he said consumer devices. I now think he meant set-top boxes and things of that nature.−riffic17yBingo, the tivo's and tomtom's of the world. and if you go by generic unix-style systems, you can throw in iphones and ipod touches to that list too.−riffic17ytivos and tomtoms rather.−ohlol17yYeah really. I have a few thousand "consumer devices" running both Linux and actual UNIX.−calcnerd25617yA few thousand? Of what nature are these?
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Both can be true simultaneously. My server is running on a consumer device.
Scratch that. I just realized that he wasn't referring to desktop computers when he said consumer devices. I now think he meant set-top boxes and things of that nature.
Bingo, the tivo's and tomtom's of the world. and if you go by generic unix-style systems, you can throw in iphones and ipod touches to that list too.
tivos and tomtoms rather.
Yeah really. I have a few thousand "consumer devices" running both Linux and actual UNIX.
A few thousand? Of what nature are these?