Microware Systems Corporation existed as a separate entity from 1977 until September 2001, when it was bought by RadiSys Corp., and became a division of that company. The rights to Microware OS-9 and related software were purchased by a group of distributors on 1 March 2013. The new owner was Microware LP. Microware initially produced a version of BASIC and a real-time kernel for the Motorola 6800 processor, and was asked by Motorola to develop what turned into BASIC09 for the then-new Motorola 6809 processor. Having written BASIC09, they decided it needed an operating system underlying it, and they created the first version of OS-9.
microware systems corporation existed as a separate entity from 1977 until september 2001 when it was bought by radisys corp and became a division of that company the rights to microware os-9 and related software were purchased by a group of distributors on 1 march 2013 the new owner was microware lp microware initially produced a version of basic and a real-time kernel for the motorola 6800 processor and was asked by motorola to develop what turned into basic09 for the then-new motorola 6809 processor having written basic09 they decided it needed an operating system underlying it and they created the first version of os-9