tim@crackle.amd.com (Tim Olson) (03/18/89)
Awhile back, someone asked how the size of Minix sources compared to the original V7 source, what the availability of V7 currently is, and what did Dennis Ritchie think of Minix? Here is a reply from him: ________________________________________ The Seventh Edition licensing procedures are, I suppose, still in effect, though I doubt that tapes are available from AT&T. At any rate, whatever restrictions the license imposes still exist. These restrictions were and are reasonable for places that just want to run the system, but don't allow many of the things that Minix was written for, like study of the source in classes, or by individuals not in a university or company. I've always thought that Minix was a fine idea, and competently done. As for the size of v7, wc -l /usr/sys/*/*.[chs] is 19271. Dennis Ritchie -- Tim Olson Advanced Micro Devices (tim@amd.com)