On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 09:19, JoeHill wrote: > Far be it from me to change the subject... > > But I just heard today is the anniversary of the famous post to comp.os.minix > that started this whole thang: > > > Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Benedict Torvalds) > > To: Newsgroups: comp.os.minix > > Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? > > Summary: small poll for my new operating system > > > > Hello everybody out there using minix-I'm doing a (free) > > operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional > > like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since > > april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on > > things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it > > somewhat > > > > Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) > > > > Linus > > Gives me chills ;-)
That's a bit of real history mate... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. You can tell how far we have to go, when FORTRAN is the language of supercomputers. -- Steven Feiner
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