Advanced

MIT: Multics and Third world

Story: MIT backs Brazil's choice of Linux over MicrosoftTotal Replies: 0
Author Content
hkwint

Mar 18, 2005
5:54 AM EST 		Looks these guys of MIT are serious about free software.

They already were developing some below-$100 laptop running Linux for the third world. Now they're up to speak out against Microsoft. Good thing, in my opinion.

But, that's what you could expect from the Unix-inventors. They invented Multics, which shipped with source included (GNU didn't exist then, so it was one of the first open-source things I believe). Because the Multics-project was to slow for Bell, they withdraw, and Ken Thompson + Dennis Ritchie wrote Unics (No misspelling!) using the ideas of Multics.

If the MIT people had patented the ideas of Multics however, SCO wouldn't exist tomorrow!

Post a reply to this thread:

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post