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> there was little point in bringing out a new OS that wasn't compatible with it unless it was dramatically better in some way. Make a free open source one.
by WalterBright 2y ago
> there was little point in bringing out a new OS that wasn't compatible with it unless it was dramatically better in some way.
Make a free open source one.
- kragen 2y agoWe do have FreeDOS now! Someone could have written it in 01981, but, as I understand it, the ideological motivation for such activities wouldn't be articulated until Stallman founded GNU years later.