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From: griffith@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Michael Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Xinu, Minix and Prentice-Hall
Keywords: Minix Xinu Prentice-Hall
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Date: 10 Oct 90 05:30:13 GMT
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Does anyone know if Minix is derived from the Prentice-Hall Xinu source? I
have an old (read 1984) book on Xinu and noticing that the publishers were
the same (unless my memory already betrays me) I wondered if Minix was a
result of developement beyond the stage of Xinu or if Prentice-Hall was
just in the business of selling source code to operating systems for hackers.
Also, does anyone know what, if any, conditions of license apply to the
source code for Xinu appearing in said book (Okay, maybe I didn't. "Operating
System Design: The Xinu Approach").


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