David W. Aquilina wrote: > On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 08:21:39AM -0400, Tom Buskey wrote: > >> I downloaded 0.1 of Jolitz on 30-40 5.25" floppies and it wouldn't boot on >> my system. OS/2 wouldn't either. Then I got Linux and it booted and ran. >> If FreeBSD had cleaned up the Jolitz version sooner, Linux might not have >> gained its foothold. >> > > I'd venture a guess that the AT&T lawsuit had a very significant impact on > the adoption rate of BSD vs. Linux in the early days. > Indeed it did. This is one of the predominant reasons why Linux implemented their own TCP/IP stack and filtering, rather than bringing in the widely-accepted-as-superior-at-the-time Berkeley stack and BPF. It is also probably a big reason why GNU Hurd was so slow to get the missing parts (and thus, Linux was chosen as the kernel).
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