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UNIX was originally a commercial OS…unless by UNIX you mean Linux or BSD. Plus macOS is UNIX too.
by jolux 3y ago
UNIX was originally a commercial OS…unless by UNIX you mean Linux or BSD. Plus macOS is UNIX too.
- pjmlp 3y agoNo it wasn't, Bell Labs was forbidden to use it for commercial purposes. The lawsuit against BSD and prohibition of the Lion's commentary book, came shortly after US goverment allowed AT&T to profit from UNIX. Had UNIX been commercial from its early days, at the same price as comparable OSes of its time, most likely UNIX and C would never have taken over the server room and kernel systems programming.