Unix

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by James Waters · said 31 times in 19 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about Unix, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Waters: Red Hat benefited from a rare Unix-to-Linux platform shift
“Red Hat kinda got lucky and find a commoditizing change, which was Unix to Linux. That's an rare event to have a major, you know, chip system re platforming see change.”
James Waters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:15 a16z Podcast | Monetizing Open Source (Or, All Enterprise Software)
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Yahya: Ethereum exemplifies a bottom-up modular software design
“Like Ethereum, I think, as sort of Jesse was saying, is more an example of the bottoms-up modular approach, where there's a kernel of an idea, there's that riverbed along which people people get together. But then there's also a community that's building all s…”
Ali Yahya Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:18 a16z Podcast | Cryptonetworks and Cities -- Analogies
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