[KLUG Members] The true Linux "first post"

[Adam Tauno Williams]

I ran across the Linux 10th anniversary page which is about some party somewhere
celebrating, of course, Linux's 10th birthday.  They've got a copy of the "linux
announcement" post on their website along with some other amusing things.
(http://www.linux10.org/).  Although all us old Linux people have probably seen
this a thousand times,  I thought some of the "newbies" :) might find it
interesting.

From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
Summary: small poll for my new operating system
Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki

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@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 :-(.

They've also got some posts from people who thought Linux sucked, and was never
going to go anywhere for various arrogant computer science reasons.  I love
those guys.  I used to have a post from some Phd about why the web will never
work,  but I can't find it now :(

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