Andy Tanenbaum on 'Who Wrote Linux'

Andy Tanenbaum writes "Ken Brown has just released a book on open source code. In it, he claims (1) to have interviewed me, and (2) that Linus Torvalds didn't write Linux. I think Brown is batting .500, which is not bad for an amateur (for people other than Americans, Japanese, and Cubans, this is an obscure reference to baseball). Since I am one of the principals in this matter, I thought it might be useful for me to put my 2 eurocents' worth into the hopper. If you were weren't hacking much code in the 1980s, you might learn something." Tanenbaum's description of the interview process with Brown is classic. See also Slashdot's original story and Linus' reply.

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Re:Did they have a fight over a girl?

[Darth23]

You're being patently unfair to Mr. Rumsfeld (or Darth Rumsfeld, as I like to call him).

He publicly stated that there will be a full investigation AND that there were only low level grunts involved. Only and brilliant, insightful and honorable man can offer the conclusion that a 'full investigation' will rech before it's ever launched.

While some people would claim that the a proper course to follow in an inquiry would be to actually interview people at the lowest level, then one level higher, then right up the chain of command, and maybe even talk to some of the actual PRISONERS who were featured in the famous photos or housed at the prison, I'm quite sure that the whitewas- er full inquiry that is going on now will discover all the final facts that the Amercian public is entitled to.

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