Wow - only 10 years old and going strong!
We ought to have a birthday party in Sep for Linux, or in Aug at the
Quarterly!
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>People, et. al.,
>
>I propose a celebration of Linux's 10 year anniversary.
>While reading Linus' new book: "Just for Fun", I realized that
>the time is upon us already. (The book is a great read, too).
>
>1991 Jan 02: Linus buys new computer.
>1991 July 03: First email requesting POSIX standards.
>1991 Aug 25: Email asking what people want in
> "my new operating system"
>1991 Sept 17: First actual release (0.01) of Linux.
>etc. etc.
>
>We should have events,
> "10 years ago today" items in the magazines,
> parties, ...
>
10 years ago I was managing a network of Sun workstations, all with graphical
capability, remote login, etc, etc, etc. And they cost a fortune, but were better
than the alternatives (well, the non-Unix ones, which were all just as expensive).
jeff
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Thought for today: flavorful adj.
Full of flavor (sense 2); esthetically
pleasing. See random and losing for antonyms. See also
the entries for taste and elegant.
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