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On 11/03/2011, at 7:39 AM, Dan Shoop wrote:
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> I remember using Minux around 1982, well before Linux. While yes, concepts
> and architecture may be similar, and some use that as the benchmark for
> derivations of code in unix history timelines, I'd hardly call them the same
> or attempt to claim that one was "based" on the other beyond that they are
> "based" as being unices and have certain architectural similarities. Just
> because a house and a church both have a roof doesn't mean one copied the
> other.
You might wish to read http://www.dina.dk/~abraham/Linus_vs_Tanenbaum.html to
see the differences between the Linux and Minux archtectures. See they had
arguments in e-mail even then :-)
Huw Davies | e-mail: [email protected]
Melbourne | "If soccer was meant to be played in the
Australia | air, the sky would be painted green"
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