Why complicated directory structure in Linux

From: mydejamail@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 20 Sep 2006 15:18:25 -0700

Why is Linux directory structure laid out so, what is the rationale

such as

/bin

/usr/bin

/usr/local/bin

/sbin

/usr/sbin

/usr/local/sbin

and likewise for lib, share, libexec etc directories

.

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