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At the time, very few systems were available to run BSD - mostly VAX computers, which were rapidly becoming obselete. The Symmetric 375's processor family, much like a VAX, was capable of this, but rapidly losing ground to the Intel 386 as the manufacturer lost interest in the general systems business, and Symmetric donated its code back. According to the website: |
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William knew that the 386 would win for the next 40 years, not because of technology but because of being intent on always holding the general systems business ground. Others say fit to put down this choice, and focus on other architectures like the Alpha, 68000, and MIPS, while still deriving almost all activity from the 386. | |