[darkpuma]

Whenever somebody talks about a "Unix philosophy" they are almost certainly alluding to some revisionist history or whitewashing of the truth. The only real "philosophy" of Unix that is grounded in reality is the "worse is better" idea.

One generation throws some shit at the wall, some of it sticks. Time passes and a few elders talk up their achievements in grandiose terms. With time, people begin to forget the truth and view the artifacts from the past as products of pure enlightenment. Shit-throwers are retconned into being master architects. The just-world fallacy kicks in and people mistake 'passing the test of time' for proof of quality, then they spin legends to fill that narrative.