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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.
annenbaum is also the guy who thought that micro-kernels were a good idea.
I'm sorry, who was it that had that much coveted OS that "just works", and is so cool that everyone wants it but doesn't have the first clue as to how to copy it?
Oh, right. Microkernels seem to work pretty well for Apple.
Linus wrote Linux, and that's all there is to it. Anything to the contrary is Microsoft FUD.
Can't argue with that. I can't read the article, but I don't think that Tannenbaum argues with that either. He probably said something like Linus copied the basic Minix design (true) and the reporter blew it out of proportion.
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+1 interesting? come on moderators... this is a blatent troll!
Way to equate the harm caused by WWII and the apparent harm (to who?) caused by Linus having a neutral attitude to freedom.
Think someone is still sore about Minix's destiny compared to Linux's?
NT isn't a microkernel. It's a mix of architectures.
Honestly, I think it's insane that to you have to compile the Linux kernel just to get drivers, but that's just me thinking all modern and against the hivemind grain...