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		sacado2 on Nov 28, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modern C [pdf] The Oberon operating system is as old as linux, yet I'm pretty sure you use the latter more often than the former.

pjmlp on Nov 28, 2016 [–]

Being an UNIX clone available for free instead of having to pay for expensive Solaris, Aix, HP-UX, SGI workstations, while BSD was busy fighting AT&T helped.

UNIX is the VHS of operating systems.

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