[conspire] (forw) Happy 25th birthday Linux!

[Rick Moen]

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Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:56:12 +1000
From: Andrew Pam <andrew at sericyb.com.au>
To: LUV Main <luv-main at luv.asn.au>
Subject: Happy 25th birthday Linux!
Organization: Serious Cybernetics

"On August 25, 1991, an obscure student in Finland named Linus
Benedict Torvalds posted a message to the comp.os.minix Usenet
newsgroup saying that he was working on a free operating system as a
project to learn about the x86 architecture. He cannot possibly have
known that he was launching a project that would change the computing
industry in fundamental ways. Twenty-five years later, it is fair to
say that none of us foresaw where Linux would go — a lesson that
should be taken to heart when trying to imagine where it might go from
here."

https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/698042/a58a7e353224ef3d/

And thanks to LWN.net for their consistently excellent coverage.

Share and enjoy,
                Andrew

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