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If Linux were a person, he would be growing, fast. Taught by the best. 
Gaining wisdom beyond his years. And sharing. He would be in business, 
education, government and homes. He would be a nine-year-old boy 
changing the world.

Cory

alandd@consultpros.com wrote:

>>How old is Linux???? How old was the boy (roughly)???
>>I think that is what they were aiming at.
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>Linus Torvalds released Linux to the world:
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>>From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
>>Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
>>Subject: Free minix-like kernel sources for 386-AT
>>Message-ID: <1991Oct5.054106.4647@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
>>Date: 5 Oct 91 05:41:06 GMT
>>Organization: University of Helsinki
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>(Taken from an email based origins write-up at
>http://www2.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/linux/misc/linux-history.html)
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>5 Oct 91 is the generally accepted date of the birth of Linux because that
>is when Linus announced that the source was available to download.  That
>makes Linux 12 years old.  The kid in the commercial looks roughly that
>age (maybe a little younger) to me.
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>Alan
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