lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoLinus Torvalds interview Reader's Digest - 2001lemmy.mlimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1472file-text
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minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoInteresting, so they had an open source product back then?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoNo, but they were very adamantly against the sharing of ms basic which was their big product (before dos), at a time when software sharing was fairly common.
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoOh ok, makes sense. Funnily enough, it seems they decided to make it open source about 40 years later
Interesting, so they had an open source product back then?
No, but they were very adamantly against the sharing of ms basic which was their big product (before dos), at a time when software sharing was fairly common.
Oh ok, makes sense.
Funnily enough, it seems they decided to make it open source about 40 years later