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Microsoft gave up on Xenix/Unix when AT&T took interest in a commercial Unix and exerting influence/control over the direction of Unix. Microsoft didn't see a

by canucker2016 1y ago

Microsoft gave up on Xenix/Unix when AT&T took interest in a commercial Unix and exerting influence/control over the direction of Unix. Microsoft didn't see a profitable future in following AT&T.

pjmlp 1y ago
See UNIX World magazine from 1985, the Bill Gates interview on the future of Xenix.
- p_ing 1y ago
  Assuming you're talking about https://archive.org/details/Unix_World_Vol02_10.pdf/page/n21/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/Unix_World_Vol02_10.pdf/page/n21... ?
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    Yes, exactly.