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Isn't Linux being free (including as in beer) one of the main reasons of Coherent fail?

• arexxbifs 6y ago
  In the mid-90s, downloading Linux wasn't feasible for most people and getting a manual with the install media was a plus because you couldn't just google for help the same way you can today. But I guess Coherent could have been competitive for no more than a few years, at best.
  • anthk 6y ago
    In the mid-90's you have Slackware 96.
    • xbar 6y ago
      And books like Linux Unleashed with Slackware CDs included.
  • icedchai 6y ago
    I remember going to a "Linux install fest" at a local ISP. We downloaded all of the SLS Linux floppies over a 56K leased line! This was late 1993 or early 1994, I think.
  • guenthert 6y ago
    You didn't have to download it yourself. There were vendors which offered media with it for a small fee (remember RMS was Ok with people charging a copying/service fee for GPL'ed software, as long as access to the sources was provided). Yggdrasil was one I remember.