Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?

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From: Jay Maynard
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 13:59

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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 18:11:11 +0300, Sami Sihvonen <ss@janiika.com> wrote:
>Hmmm... I do remember reading somewhere that it was 1984 when RMS
>decided to have his own OS... It was few yours before GNU/Linux
>was born...

It was a few years before Linus did the work needed to make a real, usable
OS. It was 8 years between when RMS decided to make an OS, and when Linux
appeared; it's been 8-10 more years since then to when RMS's OS finally
appeared in usable form.

>Check out http://www.gnu.org/ for details about GNU Project and also
>RMS personal website http://www.stallman.org/ is very nice reading.
>There is material available more than you can read.

There's more propaganda there than I can stomach.

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From: jmaynard@thebrain.conmicro.cx (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: Difference between Unix and Linux?
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