[Coco] Microsoft files for patent on "modular operating system"

[Phill Harvey-Smith]

Mike Huskey wrote:
> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070129-8728.html
> 
> How many years has os-9 been around? It seems to be completely designed 
> around a modular concept.

And of course Unix has been around at least since the late 60s, early 
70s, from which OS-9 (and a host of other OSes such as MS/PC-DOS), 
borrowed concepts.

Cheers.

Phill.

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