[WEB4LIB] Linux, too (was Remote [aka off-campus] access system)

Raymond Wood raywood at magma.ca
Fri Nov 2 13:35:16 EST 2001


On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 09:57:24AM -0800, Richard L. Goerwitz III remarked:
> > Libraries with solid Unix support infrastructures may be interested
> > in taking a look at what has happened to Brown University's pass-
> > through proxy system of late.
> 
> It's been pointed out to me that Unix, in many people's minds, does
> not imply Linux.
> 
> So, just to be explicit:  The remote-access system used at Brown
> will run under Linux, too -
>  
>    http://www.goerwitz.com:31265/libproxy/dist/

One way to look at this is something like:
  "Unix is the grandparent of Linux".

Linux (or GNU/Linux if you prefer) is the latest, and some might
say greatest, *free* implementation of Unix.

My $0.02,
Raymond


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