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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!hela.iti.org!hela.iti.org!scs From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) Subject: What we learned from/about IBM in class . . . Message-ID: <scs.712848947@hela.iti.org> Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD Sender: usenet@iti.org (Hela USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: hela.iti.org Organization: Industrial Technology Institute References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.152007.1126@news2.cis.umn.edu> <1992Jul30.174414.28488@kas.helios.mn.org> <1992Jul31.211148.14512@cs.brown.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 13:35:47 GMT Lines: 21 This was originally "Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!!": wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes: >Yes, Linus Torvalds did not invent new ideas from the academic >viewpoints. But he developed Linux with "learning 386" in mind, >and the playful toy turned out to be a great system *based* >on what we have *learned*. Have you guys ever learned anything >about IBM's MVS in class? Actually, we did learn something about that sort of thing from IBM in class. Back in CCS 572 (Operating Systems) at University of Michigan in 1978, we studied the IBM and MTS virtual memory models in a compare-and-contrast style. Of course, since MTS was invented at UofM, you can guess which one we were told was best... :-) -- "If life were fair, the acquisition of a large bosom or a massive inheritance would have no bearing on your ability to attract the opposite sex, and Dan Quayle would be making a living asking runny-nosed children, `Do you want fries with that?'" -- John Cleese