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   Kenny McCormack to a@a.com   
   Re: Happy Birthday Linux   
   05 Oct 24 22:33:26   
   
   From: gazelle@shell.xmission.com   
      
   In article , lef   wrote:   
   >   
   >On 10/5/24 14:19, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/5/24 06:29, lef wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Happy Birthday Linux   
   >>   
   >> *Thank you Linus Torvalds*, wasn't it Aug-25 BTW?   
   >   
   >  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel   
      
   Which says;   
      
    On 5 October 1991, Torvalds announced the first "official" version of Linux,   
      version 0.02.^[17]^[16]   
      
        [As] I mentioned a month ago, I'm working on a free version of a   
        Minix-lookalike for AT-386 computers. It has finally reached the stage   
   where   
        it's even usable (though may not be depending on what you want), and I am   
        willing to put out the sources for wider distribution. It is just version   
        0.02...but I've successfully run bash, gcc, gnu-make, gnu-sed, compress,   
   etc.   
        under it.   
      
   --   
   Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is   
   no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.   
      
       - John Kenneth Galbraith -   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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