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On Wed, 12 Nov 2025 04:36:23 -0000 (UTC), Rich wrote:

> The reasoning given back then was that Linus wanted a Unix OS for his
> computer, but commercial Unixes were much too expensive for a college
> student, so he began writing his own "Unix compatible" OS instead.

That was the problem with Unix before the Ma Bell breakup. Academic 
institutions could get it but Bell couldn't get into the OS business. 
Bootleg *nixs were popular. We ran one on a PDP-11 but I forget what * 
was.