Linux b-day, was Re: FTP Security

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Or better still, have two identical systems, side by
side, one running Linux 0.01 (essentially doing nothing;
I think 0.01 was just a simple task-switcher) with a
placard of the date Linux 0.01 was released (1991), and
the other running the latest whiz-bang, super graphics/sound,
streaming video, TV card, yada yada yada, with a placard
of whatever Linux kernel version it's running and the
current date.  Maybe have a copy of the earliest version
of M$-DOS (1.0?) and the date it was released (198?) for
comparison (i.e., M$ had a eight-year "head start" on
Linux).

"You've come a long way, Tuxxy!"


Just a thought...


D

* On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 09:58:43AM -0700, David A. Sinck wrote:
> 
> 
> \_ SMTP quoth Lucas Vogel on 3/15/2001 08:22 as having spake thusly:
> \_
> \_ Maybe we can turn it into a much-publicized Install Day/Linux Bash. Since
> \_ it's in October we've got plenty of time to make preps for it...
> \_ 
> \_ > [...]
> \_ > "First released on October 5, 1991, by its author and 
> \_ > trademark holder,
> \_ > Linus Torvalds, Linux ..."
> 
> Let's only do this if we install a 1.0 kernel on systems, as a way of
> seeing how good it was then.
> 
> :-)
> 
> Provided the Oct 5 date was actually the 1.0 release....
> 
> David
> 
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