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>>csmant+(OP)
This is what happens when a system is designed by multiple people and companies over a long period of time. An amalgam of ideas which are there just because. There's no reason Linux should be like this. e.g., see https://gobolinux.org/ which has more sane dirs.

>>behnam+Cm
Not really, back then disks were very expensive and you had no choice but to split. And disk sizes were very small.

But, I in a way int kind of makes sense.

/bin and /sbin, needed for system boot. /usr/bin and /usr/sbin for normal runtime.

's' for items regular users do not need to run, remember, UN*X is a multi-user system, not a one person system like macs, windows and in most cases Linux.