Oops, I thought he was referring to something else.
Didn't Microsoft have a Unix-like OS with a name similar to Minix?
Sachin Goyal wrote:
>
> hello,
>
> > What was wrong with minix? Seemed like a better direction than DOS or
>
> > > This their chance to commit suicide... Even windoze people won't use it, and
> > > it will pass in swee oblivion like minix...
>
> Minix is an early comer in free software world. Most important it was not
> written for commercial use: but for educational use. Andrew S.Tannenbaum
> wants to keep it simple so that students can understand it easily and he
> is 100% successful..most of the guys in operating system world have
> started their journey by understanding minix.....our linux people are also
> among them...it's our root.
>
> sachin
