lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoLinus Torvalds interview Reader's Digest - 2001lemmy.mlimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago opting to not lock the source code of his work like another guy we know well… I’m out of the loop, who are you referring to?
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAhh, I thought it was somebody else you were talking about since DOS was never open source
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIt was about ms basic at the time I believe.
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoInteresting, so they had an open source product back then?
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years 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-squareℕ𝕠𝕓𝕠𝕕𝕪 𝕆𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years ago Your browser does not support playing HTML5 video. You can download a copy of the video file instead.
I’m out of the loop, who are you referring to?
Mr.Redmond
Ahh, I thought it was somebody else you were talking about since DOS was never open source
It was about ms basic at the time I believe.
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.