Why did Linux "win"?
Why did Linux "win"?
Posted Aug 26, 2009 3:11 UTC (Wed) by vonbrand (guest, #4458)In reply to: no gnu by rsidd
Parent article: 40 years of Unix (BBC)
Because in the critical timeframe of the beginning 90ies the USL vs BSDI lawsuit threatened to make BSD go away, so hackers looked elsewhere. That the BSDs were less than friendly to outsiders contibuting stuff (and the FSF even less so) sure didn't help making them popular choices.