[SGVLUG] Fwd: on this day in History

[Mike Morris]

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>To: irlp at yahoogroups.com
>From: Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>
>Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:59:42 -0600
>Subject: [irlp] on this day in History
>
>Linus Torvalds started Linux.  August 25th, 1991
>
>Thought you all might enjoy reading the original posting that started it
>all...
>
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>Linus Benedict Torvalds
>Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
>
>From: torvalds at klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
>Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
>Local: Sun, Aug 25 1991 4:57 pm
>Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
>
>Hello everybody out there using minix -
>
>I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and
>professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.  This has been brewing
>since april, and is starting to get ready.  I'd like any feedback on
>things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat
>(same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons)
>among other things).
>
>I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work.
>This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and
>I'd like to know what features most people would want.  Any suggestions
>are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them : -)
>
>                Linus (torvalds at kruuna.helsinki.fi)
>
>PS.  Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
>It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
>will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have : -(.

A few things have changed...

Mike