"Having no (or limited) memory protection is very popular among microkernels. AmigaOS isn't the only such microkernel, and it probably won't be the last. Because message passing is a lot easier without memory protection.
However, that kind of "OS" is a toy. You might as well run DOS or Windows."
-Linus Torvalds October 1996 on comp.os.linux.development.system
gcc could run on top of DOS or commercial UNIX. I'm sure Bill Gates and Scott McNealy, would thanks RMS. Without an alternative OS, the "free software movement" couldn't go anywhere.
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However, that kind of "OS" is a toy. You might as well run DOS or Windows."
-Linus Torvalds October 1996 on comp.os.linux.development.system
Too bad people like Elliotte Rusty Harold is everywhere:
"One wonders what Eric Raymond was doing up on the stage with Steve Jobs at the announcement. Did he actually read the license before endorsing it?"
Server: Apache/1.3.4 (Unix)
May be it's still "StarWarsed"
X is under MIT license, NOT GPL. RMS can't change that.
You can't measure software by size!
If size matter, X Window is bigger. It's not even GPL, so RMS can't claim any credit!
gcc could run on top of DOS or commercial UNIX. I'm sure Bill Gates and Scott McNealy, would thanks RMS. Without an alternative OS, the "free software movement" couldn't go anywhere.
Yeah, X Window should get some glory!
Check JitterBug first! Bug #424
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