From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) Subject: Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Alpha release Linux/GNU/X unix clone on CDROM for PCs Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 19:01:27 GMT
In article <DREIER.92Nov29182027@jaffna.berkeley.edu> dreier@jaffna.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier) writes:
> In article <id.TJEV.31K@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
> I was running Unix on a PC/XT in 1984, and it was faster than MS-DOS.
> Minix has been out for at least 6 years.
> CP/M was better in 1978 than MS-DOS in 1982.
> Cromemco had a UNIX-lookalike running on multiple Z-80s in 1980.
> AmigaOS first shipped in 1985, and it was already better than any
> PC operating system that was to ship until OS/2 2.0 seven years later.
> I have been following the threads lately about GPLed vs. Public Domain
> vs. Commercial software lately, and the above exchange struck me as
> rather interesting. All of those OSes you cite in response to the
> Hurd query are commercial.
I'm not a GNU apologist. I *am* a quality software cheerleader.
> In March 1985, the GNU Manifesto was published in Dr. Dobbs.
That was the year I first heard the joke: "Dateline: 1999, the GNU O/S is
released. It boots from /vmunix.el". I never expected anything different.
I'm not complaining that Gates isn't RMS. I'm complaining that he's not
Dale Luck or Steve Wozniak or Jay Miner.
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