UNIX did have its limitations. Also, some of its philosophies could be directly damaging if followed without due thought. Nevertheless, the success of linux is a testament to how enduring most of those concepts still are.
On the other side, many of those criticisms were addressed, fixed or were never correct. I rest when I read about UHH and think that many of those complainers have to use a UNIX or a UNIX-like OS nowadays. It is almost impossible to send a package over the internet without having it processed by a linux system at some point.
My favorite part of the anti-foreword is when Dennis Ritchie talks about how most of better-than-UNIX-OS' are "not just out to pasture, they are fertilizing it from below." Prophetic.
On the other side, many of those criticisms were addressed, fixed or were never correct. I rest when I read about UHH and think that many of those complainers have to use a UNIX or a UNIX-like OS nowadays. It is almost impossible to send a package over the internet without having it processed by a linux system at some point.
My favorite part of the anti-foreword is when Dennis Ritchie talks about how most of better-than-UNIX-OS' are "not just out to pasture, they are fertilizing it from below." Prophetic.