[TUHS] Early Linux and BSD (was: On the origins of Linux - "an academic question")

Theodore Y. Ts'o tytso at mit.edu
Sun Jan 19 12:49:00 AEST 2020


On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 03:19:13PM +1100, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> On the other hand, Bill did write the articles in Dr. Dobbs Journal,
> which started in January 1991, so my best guess is that Linus just
> wasn't informed about the developments.

I don't believe that to be correct.  "Porting Unix to the 386: Missing
Pieces, Part 1", by William Frederick Jolitz and Lynne Greer Jolitz,
was published in the May 1992 issue of Dr. Dobbs Journal.

https://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/porting-unix-to-the-386-missing-pieces-p/184408764

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