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From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Subject: What we learned from/about IBM in class . . .
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Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1992 13:35:47 GMT
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This was originally "Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution
requires AT&T license!!!":

wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni) writes:

>Yes, Linus Torvalds did not invent new ideas from the academic
>viewpoints. But he developed Linux with "learning 386" in mind,
>and the playful toy turned out to be a great system *based*
>on what we have *learned*.  Have you guys ever learned anything 
>about IBM's MVS in class?

Actually, we did learn something about that sort of thing from IBM
in class.  Back in CCS 572 (Operating Systems) at University of Michigan
in 1978, we studied the IBM and MTS virtual memory models in a
compare-and-contrast style.  Of course, since MTS was invented at
UofM, you can guess which one we were told was best... :-)
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