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Man, it really is history. Crazy to think had things been a little different how different would things be today. If kid me knew one day I'd run across this in
by effingwewt 4y ago
Man, it really is history. Crazy to think had things been a little different how different would things be today. If kid me knew one day I'd run across this in an online forum I don't think I'd have believed it.
As others said- thanks for sharing the insights, made my week.
- WalterBright 4y agoIt's the Butterfly Effect, for sure.
- bombcar 4y agoThe refusal to open-license Minix is another one that has had major repercussions.
- jacquesm 4y agoYes, that was a giant mistake. But you have to keep in mind that there was already a deal with Prentice-Hall at that point and re-negotiating that to open sourcing it may well have been prohibitively costly for Tanenbaum / VU.
- bombcar 4y agoI don't even really think it was a mistake, it's just that it indirectly caused linux. Of course the Hurd being a Turd helped there, too.