LWN.net Logo

The case for the /usr merge

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 19:45 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: The case for the /usr merge by pr1268
Parent article: The case for the /usr merge

Considering that Linux ( and hundreds of programs) itself is a reimplementation of Unix, you had no reason to believe that. Good ideas can be and should be copied from wherever possible including Solaris, Mac OS X and (gasp!) Windows. Open source thrives on it.


(Log in to post comments)

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 28, 2012 1:09 UTC (Sat) by leoc (subscriber, #39773) [Link]

Open source thrives on it.

So does closed source. Microsoft and Apple also copy ideas (and literally code too) from open source.

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds