System N history correction
Henry Spencer
henry at utzoo.UUCP
Sat Dec 22 03:37:12 AEST 1984
> Last *I* heard (a few minutes ago...), you *can* get source ...
Even if you're outside AT&T? The initial announcement of IWB was most
definitely binary-only; if this has changed since, it hasn't been well
publicised.
> ... And what's the problem with separate and extra
> cost? That's the way you sell operating systems; everybody does that.
> It doesn't make sense to sell one monolithic system...
How do you think Unix got so popular?
--
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry
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