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The authors explicitly said they want to build something more free: "We hope to see those interested in this technology build on it in both commercial and nonco
by dvfjsdhgfv 9y ago
The authors explicitly said they want to build something more free: "We hope to see those interested in this technology build on it in both commercial and noncommercial ventures."
And they did port Unix (Berkeley flavor) to the 386. I remember using it in the nineties, it was a great adventure. And its progeny FreeBSD is arguably the best alternative to Linux, should something go terribly wrong.
- DrScump 9y agoI was just clarifying the title, not casting any aspersions. My first UNIX environment was System V on AT&T's 3B series. We subsequently moved to Sun 3s with BSD. I strongly preferred the latter.