> I still don’t understand why everyone uses Linux now, but BSD only stayed in very niche markets. The AT&T and BSD lawsuit shutdown BSD development for a year

> I still don’t understand why everyone uses Linux now, but BSD only stayed in very niche markets. The AT&T and BSD lawsuit shutdown BSD development for a year or so and is cited as a major reason why Linux became the dominant POSIX open source operating system[1]. Marshall Mckusick[2] says at the end of a talk that he asked Linus why he didn't use BSD and his response was the uncertainty of the lawsuit[3]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc._v._Berkeley_Software_Design,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc..... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Kirk_McKusick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Kirk_McKusick [3]: 47:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVSXXeiFLgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVSXXeiFLgk