On Saturday 06 December 2003 09:52 am, Michael Torrie wrote: > Why is Linux so big? Why did IBM choose to invest billions in Linux, > rather than some other free OS, such as FreeBSD, or even OpenBSD.
From what I understand, BSD was tied up in court with AT&T and not continuing to be developed the same time that Linus found the FSF and Linux started taking off. The book I read said (from the research the author did) that BSD would be what Linux is today if it was not for the lawsuit. I think SCO was hoping for the same slowdown of Linux when all this started. -- Jacob Albretsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
