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Article #621383Re: Old word processors
From: J. Clarke
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:48
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 00:48
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On 20 Mar 2018 23:54:45 GMT, Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> wrote:
>On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:21:20 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>
>> Okay, I was going to ask what CP/M had that DOS didn't (except
>> nostalgia),
>> since the latter was derived from the former. Once you include MP/M I
>> can see a difference. On the other hand it's a shame the unix wasn't
>> able to get into this space earlier - resource and legal requirements?
>
>Resource requirements, mainly. UNIX on an 8086 wasn't really feasible
>(although Minix did it in the end).
Xenix, derived from Version 7, was available for the 8086.
The big issue with Unix was that in any guise it wasn't cheap enough
for most individuals to afford.
>> It took Linus to turn unix into a true, and widely-used, personal
>> operating system.
>
>Well ... 386BSD (becoming {Free,Net,Open}BSD was stable a little bit
>earlier, but didn't get Linus' marketing push.
The big benefit of Linux was that it was truly free. BSD without AT&T
encumbrance wasn't out until about a year after Linux.
>And none of these are truly UNIX, in the legal sense of the name. BSD is
>a bit nearer in the code sense.
The name doesn't matter much--Z/OS is in the "legal sense" UNIX.
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