Andrew Tannenbaum wrote Minix, a Unix-like OS that came before Linux. In this essay he shows how Linus Torvalds wrote Linux and how the guy who wrote the report claiming he didn't is, shall we say, a few loops short of a program. The guy actually flew to the Netherlands to interview him:
"... He was extremely evasive about why he was there and who was funding him. He just kept saying he was just writing a book about the history of UNIX. I asked him what he thought of Peter Salus' book, A Quarter Century of UNIX. He'd never heard of it! I mean, if you are writing a book on the history of UNIX and flying 3000 miles to interview some guy about the subject, wouldn't it make sense to at least go to amazon.com and type 'history unix' in the search box, in which case Salus' book is the first hit? For $28 (and free shipping if you play your cards right) you could learn an awful lot about the material and not get any jet lag. ..."
Via PlasticBoy.
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Posted by: agaffin on May 21, 2004 10:35 AMCould it be possible that Linus Torvalds is just a brilliant guy and actually did write Linux. I think the truth should be told, and the proof seems to point toward Linus actually writing Linux. Let's give him credit and not bag on him for whatever reasons we might have.
Posted by: Dave King on May 22, 2004 04:20 AMPost a comment
