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:Tanenbaum: Some Notes on the "Who Wrote Linux" Kerfuffle, Release 1.1
Tanenbaum: Some Notes on the "Who Wrote Linux" Kerfuffle, Release 1.1
May 20, 2004, 14 :00 UTC (20 Talkback[s]) (19563 reads)

(Other stories by Andrew Tanenbaum)

[ Thanks to Ilias Biris for this link. ]

"Ken Brown, President of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution, contacted me in early March. He said he was writing a book on the history of UNIX and would like to interview me. Since I have written 15 books and have been involved in the history of UNIX in several ways, I said I was willing to help out. I have been interviewed by many people for many reasons over the years, and have been on Dutch and US TV and radio and in various newspapers and magazines, so I didn't think too much about it.

"Brown flew over to Amsterdam to interview me on 23 March 2004. Apparently I was the only reason for his coming to Europe. The interview got off to a shaky start..."

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The Age: How Independent is Independent?(Apr 06, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Well, well. M$ is back to nipping at the ...   More FUD, funded by M$   
JaseP
May 20, 2004, 14:41:13
 
*This* is what happens when people don&# ...   This Is A Lesson To Us All!   
Bob Robertson
May 20, 2004, 14:49:51
 
I sent a thank you note to Andy for that ...   Andy   
a.c.
May 20, 2004, 14:53:23
 
MINIX creator webblog states no connecti ...   Unix or unix ?   
GH
May 20, 2004, 15:22:06
 
If it's true then that Linux used Mi ...   Loophole   
Jim
May 20, 2004, 15:43:09
 
That was a fantastic read!  Hopefully th ...   Way to go Dr. T!   
Brian
May 20, 2004, 16:20:39
 
You can find a mirror of the webpage at  ...   Mirror as www.cs.vu.nl is slashdotted   
Fred Mobach
May 20, 2004, 16:49:38
 
Based on what Tannebaum said and this fr ...   Think Tank needs vacuuming   
Dave
May 20, 2004, 17:45:03
 
> > If it's true then that Linux use ...   Re: Loophole   
Bruce B.
May 20, 2004, 18:06:57
 
Nice to see Andy still pushing the ol&#3 ...   Re: Andy   
Hyper L
May 20, 2004, 19:53:59
 
Andy should stop sugar-coating it and sa ...   I think   
stimpy
May 20, 2004, 22:03:50
 
This is a software design question: Has  ...   Microkernel vs. Monolithic Kernel: Pro/Con?   
Howard B. Golden
May 21, 2004, 00:21:08
 
Not true! Linus himself said that it was ...   Rubbish!   
Bojan Smojver
May 21, 2004, 01:15:09
 
"estimated availability: May 20, 2000 GM ...   Re: Think Tank needs vacuuming   
Jay Curry
May 21, 2004, 04:14:46
 
Just ignore that elitist loser who haven ...   Ken Brown is just another SCOmbag   
Xunil Ung
May 21, 2004, 04:30:14
 
Isn't that similar to *nix as well?S ...   What about GNU Hurd?   
Xunil Ung
May 21, 2004, 04:33:08
 
ADTI is a Think "Septic" Tank company sp ...   ADTI's new description   
Xunil Ung
May 21, 2004, 05:51:16
 
> Isn't that similar to *nix as well ...   Re: What about GNU Hurd?   
Onan the Barbarian
May 21, 2004, 10:36:14
 
> This is a software design question: Ha ...   Re: Microkernel vs. Monolithic Kernel: Pro/Con?   
jp
May 21, 2004, 20:54:30
 
Alexis De SMOKEville: makers of Smokescr ...   Alexis de SMOKEville   
Lion Kuntz
May 22, 2004, 03:10:20
 
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