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Re:System Shock 1 source code released under GPL by pvg on Thursday April 05, 2018 @07:25PM (#16769681)
It was? By whom? What were they 'deliberately incompatible' with?
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Re:System Shock 1 source code released under GPL by mappu on Thursday April 05, 2018 @08:15PM (#16769966)
UNIX, for one.
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Re:System Shock 1 source code released under GPL by Lionsion on Friday April 06, 2018 @12:21AM (#16770851)
At that time Apple chose CR, UNIX was just one of a multitude of minicomputer operating systems. Compatibility with it would have been only important in hindsight.
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Re:System Shock 1 source code released under GPL by tom_ on Thursday April 05, 2018 @09:03PM (#16770146)
I wonder if this would have been a big concern for home computer vendors at the time. How many of them would have used Unix? Even if they had, would Unix even have been popular enough to really matter?
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Re:System Shock 1 source code released under GPL by pvg on Thursday April 05, 2018 @10:40PM (#16770523)
No.
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