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Minix is BSD licensed and is present in Intel CPUs[0]. So I think it would be a toss-up as to whether BSD or GPL-licenses OSes are more widely used overall. T
by mhandley 4y ago
Minix is BSD licensed and is present in Intel CPUs[0]. So I think it would be a toss-up as to whether BSD or GPL-licenses OSes are more widely used overall. To be clear, I'm making no comment on whether Intel using Minix is a good thing for their customers, but it's likely that the BSD license was what Intel wanted and caused it to become the most widely used OS few people know about.
[0] https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-operating-system/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/minix-intels-hidden-in-chip-op...
- pjmlp 4y agoIndeed, and where are Intel's contributions?