On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> Quoting Carlo Sogono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I have a few questions that has been in my mind for quite some time.
> > Linus
> > Torvalds created Linux when he was still in college. I wonder if any
> > student
> > of any reputable school here has reached that level of proficiency in
> > programming. Do local schools even provide the environment for the
> > students
> > to learn such topics. And...are the profs themselves that proficient in
> > programming?
>
> Linus Torvalds wrote linux when he was a graduate student at the University
> of Helsinki, Finland. That means he was doing his PhD. I do not know
> if he ever finished. If he did not, then he should not feel too bad.
> Bill Gates did not even finish college. But Bill wrote a paper
> in combinatorics (on "pancake flipping") and this was the only
> scientific paper he ever wrote. I do not know if Linus ever wrote a
> scientific paper.
>
i doubt that he did finish, else he would have appended the 'Phd' to his
name. Tell you what though, compared to the work of another famous 'Dr'
Tanenbaum, i'd take Linus work over his anytime. At least Linux is being
used all around the world for practical purposes. And Minix? WHere is it
now?
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