Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!bc From: bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: UNIX KERNEL SOURCE CODE ?? Message-ID: <1991Jan3.112435.5509@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 11:24:35 GMT References: <1990Dec22.220835.45661@cc.usu.edu> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 25 bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes: >For your vendors you'll have to contact them, but the AT&T license is >still a pre-requisite (but check to make sure your vendor will even >sell you the code, you'll need a copy from them if you really want to >modify and run it, not all vendors will part with their code I assume, >tho many will.) SCO one told me on the phone (when I was contemplating SCO Unix/386) that they would not sell their source, but that if they did, they'd charge around $125,000.00 for it. >There's also free or almost free Unix-like kernels available. Minix is >a Unix-clone which is available (Prentice-Hall?) for a small fee. And >it can be shared among students somewhat last I looked. Minix is terrific. It goes for around $80, not including the book (whose exact title I forget) which is available separately for around $50. Check the group comp.os.minix for details -- there is a monthly post which gives the details. Minix is a very good way to learn the basics about how the kernel works, although it's not *really* the same. -- -- Ben Cox bc@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu