Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU TeX 0.80 (beta)

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From: Aaron M. Renn
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:00

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Peter Seebach wrote:
> The point being, that's a system you can use because Linus had a vision of
> having a complete O/S that was free software.

Could you please provide me with a reference to back up that statement? 
From what I have read, Linus started writing his kernel to get around
limitations in Minix.  To the best of my knoweldge, Linus has never created
or distributed a full operating system.  Nor has he ever stated a desire to
be in that business.

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Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com) http://www.urbanophile.com/arenn/

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