Re: Dream OS = Linux || FreeBSD

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From: Amancio Hasty Jr
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 06:59

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In article <adtDDqttF.1DL@netcom.com> adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) writes:
>Dan Pop (Dan.Pop@mail.cern.ch) wrote:
>: ... Without any kind of marketing forces behind it,
>: Linux got pretty well spread ...
>

>
>If AT&T, Dec, or Sun had come out with a low-cost (<$100) UNIX
>implementation for PCs then linux would not have enjoyed much popularity
>at all. Very few people care about source code. There was a demand for
>UNIX, linux was the first thing that showed up.
>

Cough....

Don't forget initially  386bsd  was out there first and now we
have FreeBSD and NetBSD.

FreeBSD, NetBSD and linux are good alternatives to low cost
unix workstations :)

	Amancio









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