< Question, isn't Minix on the x86 platform still a commercial product? < know the versions for stuff such as the Atari I believe are now free, bu < thought you still had to buy the x86 version. Not really. It's a copyrighted, freely available for non commercial use if memory serves. You can get it sources and all off the net or by buying the book on OS Design and Implmentation with it's CDrom. The details are educational/personal use I think. I doubt it would be popular for commercial use except as maybe an embedded kernal. It's supposed to work on PS2/50z but when I tried it there was a floppy problem that kept getting in the way. I put it aside when a 386sx/16 came my way as it was a excellent MINIX platform. Allison