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On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux

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On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux

www.xda-developers.com

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Just over three decades ago, Linus Torvalds sowed the seeds for Linux by sending an email detailing his plans to develop a free OS
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    And he immediately got flamed for it (/s)

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      This is the way

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      And now hardly anyone uses microkernels, hilariously.

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      Thanks for the link, that was an interesting read!

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      The husband of a woman I worked with was going abroad to study with Tannenbaum. I said, “That’s the guy who hated Linux!” She had no idea what I was talking about, but it was good for a chuckle for me.

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