I saw this on slashdot I think. Long Live Linus. -jmz On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Mike Schwartz wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote: >> >> from >> >> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1438232/Happy-Birthday-Linus?art_pos=11 : >> [quote:] >>
>> >> Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus >> >> Glyn Moody writes"Today is the birthday of Linus. Just under 19 years ago, >> on the first day the shops in Helsinki were open after the holidays, Linus >> rushed out and spent all his Christmas and birthday money on his first PC: a >> DX33 80386, with 4 Megs of RAM, no co-processor, and a 40 Megabyte hard >> disc. Today, the kernel he wrote on that system powers 90% of the fastest >> supercomputers, and is starting to find its way into more and >> more smartphones — not to mention everything in between. What would the >> world look like had he spent his money on something else?" >>
>> -- >> Mike Schwartz > > It appears that some of the above text, is actually from >  http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/happy-birthday-linus -- (which is > pointed to, by the first underlined (clickable) hyper-link in the /. > article quoted above -- that is, the "Just under 19 years ago" link). >       I just read that longer item (from http://www.linuxjournal.com/). >  Pretty interesting. > -- > Mike Schwartz > Glendale  AZ > schwartz@acm.org > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss