The QNX floppy was apparently from late 1999 (http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html), so I'd say "almost contemporaneo

The QNX floppy was apparently from late 1999 (http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html http://toastytech.com/guis/qnxdemo.html), so I'd say "almost contemporaneous with" because, in my recollection, the Linuxcare project would have dated to sometime in 2000. The QNX floppy was extremely impressive for our group and we never really thought about how to get closer to its size. (Today one part of the answer might be "use busybox for your whole userspace".)