10 Aug
2004
10 Aug
'04
12:07 p.m.
>>>> "Tony" == Tony Duell
<ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes:
> > Name another computer with as many choices of
OS and as many >
> versions, including third party and public domain OSs.
>
> Public domain? While admittedly I haven't specifically looked, I
> don't think I've ever seen a public domain OS for anything, even
> for values
Tony> Cheating a bit, but how about FIGforth? I believe it is truely
Tony> public domain, and as it runs on the bare metal, it could be
Tony> claimed to include the OS. I assume there was/is a version of
Tony> the 8088.
I think there are some old OSs that are public domain, presumably
unintentionally, because no copyright assertion was made at the time.
(That was when you had to do so to retain copyright -- something that
as I understand it is no longer true.)
CDC's first 6000 operating system COS (Chippewa OS) is apparently an
example of this.
paul