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Andrew Tanenbaum On Minix, Linux, BSD, and Licensing

Posted by timothy on from the factors-converge-to-define-reality dept.

An anonymous reader points out an interesting, detailed interview with Andrew Tanenbaum at Linuxfr.org; Tanenbaum holds forth on the current state of MINIX, licensing decisions, and the real reason he believes that Linux caught on just when he "thought BSD was going to take over the world." ("I think Linux succeeded against BSD, which was a stable mature system at the time simply because BSDI got stuck in a lawsuit and was effectively stopped for several years.")

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  1. Re:This is getting old by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "...forked by whoever wanted to."

    When "whom" or "whomever" is the subject of a subordinate clause, it takes the nominative case.