Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Ken Thompson interview in IEEE Computer magazine (fwd) | Date | Tue, 04 May 1999 12:36:46 -0700 | From | "G. Allen Morris III" <> |
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>>>Steve VanDevender said: > [...] > Linux looks a bit fragmented and chaotic makes some sense. That > he considers Linux to be purely a backlash against Microsoft does > seem to indicate he doesn't really know much about the history of > Linux, though.
IMHO Linux was more of a backlash against AT&T and the cost of a UNIX license than Microsoft. Of course having MSDOS and Windows 3.0 to compare and contrast Linux against was a great benifit -- I am sure.
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