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I think also that BSD (and later Linux) made UNIX free, and I assume Plan 9 was not. UNIX was also written to run on minimal hardware. Even if Multics had been
by chasil 4y ago
I think also that BSD (and later Linux) made UNIX free, and I assume Plan 9 was not.
UNIX was also written to run on minimal hardware. Even if Multics had been open-sourced, UNIX would still have won.
- pjmlp 4y agoUNIX has been free since V6, that is why it got adopted by everyone, and then AT&T sued Berkley when they got the opportunity to actually be allowed to charge for it.