<> VMS, all of the Unix clones,
<
<All cost extra, unless you mean gcc etc. None of HP/UX, Solaris, IRIX,
<AIX, come with more than the minimum required to relink the kernel,
<although you can buy the development tools separately.
Unix clones also include Linux, Freebsd, Minix...
<> I'm sure some(I would) here would add CPM
<> OS9 and even PC based DOS(MS, DRdos, CCPM...). the amount of freeware
<> or lowcost shareware for DOS/winders is quite impressive and plentyful.
<>
<> Of all the software out there CPM-80, APPLE and PCdos has the largest
<> archives, but the PDP-8, -11, VAX archives are getting big.
<
<But does freeware/shareware count? The original point was that the
<manufacturers don't provide their tools for free as part of the OS; of
<course you can add on any amount of 3rd party free software to virtually
<any OS.
CPM however did come with a fairly complete devlopment environment for 8080
(or 8086 for cpm-86).
However the shareware/freeware counting part I agree it's questionable
but often there are better out there than from the OS oem.
Allison
Received on Fri Jun 18 1999 - 19:22:02 BST