[effingwewt]

Man, it really is history. Crazy to think had things been a little different how different would things be today. If kid me knew one day I'd run across this in an online forum I don't think I'd have believed it.

As others said- thanks for sharing the insights, made my week.

[bombcar]

The refusal to open-license Minix is another one that has had major repercussions.

[jacquesm]

Yes, that was a giant mistake. But you have to keep in mind that there was already a deal with Prentice-Hall at that point and re-negotiating that to open sourcing it may well have been prohibitively costly for Tanenbaum / VU.

[bombcar]

I don't even really think it was a mistake, it's just that it indirectly caused linux. Of course the Hurd being a Turd helped there, too.

[WalterBright]

It's the Butterfly Effect, for sure.