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Subject: Re: [9fans] [OT] linus, the early years
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From: Victor Nazarov vir@comtv=2Eru
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:07:29 +0400
To: 9fans@cse=2Epsu=2Eedu
Subject: Re: [9fans] [OT] linus, the early years


Charles Forsyth wrote:

>>>Yes=2E That's right=2E Whole story (from Linus's point of view) is in=20=

>>>Linus's Just for Fun book=2E Really Linux was just a terminal emulator =
for
>>>     =20
>>>
>
>so you're saying it wasn't really `Just for Fun' but `Just for That!'=2E
>and thus in a way, it was the flipside version of the opposing system's
success:
>the weather was good and some chap decides to go flying that day,
>and IBM, kept waiting, decides: just for that he can go fly a kite, and
they'll allow that
>sprat Gates to provide them with a poxy little program loader=2E
> =20
>
Many things was there for linux to be born=2E And any accident can lead to=
=20
it's creation=2E If Linus wasn't the creator, somebody else would be=2E


Linus beat one of my friends to the release by a few months=2E=2E=2E I won=
der how
many
others dropped their projects when linux was announced=2E

-- Marina Brown


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