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Linux took off because SCO was trying to get $500 per CPU for a Unix license on PCs that were selling for $1000 or in some cases less. Windows NT at the time wa
by indymike 6y ago
Linux took off because SCO was trying to get $500 per CPU for a Unix license on PCs that were selling for $1000 or in some cases less. Windows NT at the time was also priced similarly to SCO Unix. When Windows XP Pro came out at $250, commercial Unix was twice as expensive.
- pjmlp 6y agoCommercial UNIX never had that problem, I was dual booting between Windows NT and Linux during my university degree.