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1. drybjed · 1791042319 · focus · HN ↗

   Is it just a hobby, and won't be big and professional like gnu?

   1. itsanaccount · 1791043150 · focus · HN ↗

      I dont think the kids are gonna get the reference.

      1. QuantumNomad_ · 1791050268 · focus · HN ↗

         I think they will. It’s a pretty famous quote, even among people who were not old enough to see it first-hand at the time when Linus made that Usenet post.

         1. flemhans · 1791085278 · focus · HN ↗

            I read about it some 20 years ago in an (auto?) biography about Linus, saunas, that thing where he had to reverse engineer posix specs. And minix was either evil or an academic purist

            Edit: there was so much drama now I remember

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