I worked as a programmer on a XENIX system, and as both a programmer and a system administrator on a couple of SCO Unix systems. This was all text-based, by the way, not X Windows.
Michael Chaney <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, probably the most popular unix of the time was something SCO > (the > original SCO) was selling that ran on PC hardware. It was used in a > lot of > vertical market apps, some of which I was familiar with. It was > particularly popular with the Unibase derivatives. > > GNU very much existed, and was kind of a userland looking for a kernel > at > the time. Actually, most GNU stuff sucked, honestly, and it was a bit > of a > joke as to why anyone would replace the working userland in whatever > Unix > they were using with the GNU stuff. When Linux came along, GNU was > just > waiting. > > Hard to believe it's been 20 years. > > Michael > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Tilghman Lesher > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Well, sure, but you have to understand some of the context of the > > time. 4.4 BSD was not yet out, so none of the BSD derivatives yet > > existed, nor had AT&T sued Berkeley yet. If you had a PC at that > > time, you ran DOS and Windows 3.1 (or OS/2, if you wanted something > > with protected memory). I don't think BSD even ran on 386 computers > > at that time. So if you wanted a Unix environment, you either got > > yourself an account with a university that had such a machine or you > > ran Minix, which was really just intended as a teaching tool, not a > > serious environment. GNU might have existed, but the Hurd kernel > was > > far from finished. > > > > Into that scenario, where the only people running Unix are running > it > > on minicomputers, your application base is extremely small. So > unless > > you liked Unix for the sake of running Unix, you probably weren't > very > > interested in that. After all, it's the applications, not the > > operating system, which drives adoption. > > > > When you really think about the environment into which it was > > launched, it is really amazing that it took off and grew the way it > > did. > > > > -Tilghman > > > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Chris Faulkner > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Notice the unsure attitude about the tone of the email. Like he > wasnt > > sure > > > if people would like it.. > > > > > > On Aug 25, 2013 12:45 PM, "Curt Lundgren" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > >> He done good. > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Chris Faulkner > <[email protected] > > > > > >> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > https://www.linux.com/news/software/linux-kernel/734956-linuss-famous-email > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups > > >>> "NLUG" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > >>> > > >>> --- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups > > >>> "NLUG" group. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from > it, send > > an > > >>> email to [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups > > >> "NLUG" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected] > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > >> > > >> --- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google > > Groups > > >> "NLUG" group. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send > > an > > >> email to [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "NLUG" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "NLUG" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an > > > email to [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "NLUG" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. > [email protected] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- John F. 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