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:SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? The Spy Who Loved Linux
SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? The Spy Who Loved Linux
Jul 7, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5897 reads)

(Other stories by Jan Stafford)

[ Thanks to Michael S. Mimoso for this link. ]

"I got mad as heck when Kenneth Brown, president of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institute, claimed that Linus Torvalds stole Linux from Minix. So I told the world the truth: I wrote Linux. Now, I'm getting so many e-mails from bogus Linux inventors that I think I'm going to create a Linux Liar's Club (LLC). What? Oh yeah, some guys in Utah beat me to it.

"In this episode of our series of Linux creation myths, one fellow plays 'I Spy,' and the other reveals the true origins of the man from Redmond..."

Complete Story

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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? The Second Installment of Tall Tales(Jun 22, 2004)
SearchEnterpriseLinux: Who Wrote Linux? I Did! No, Harry Did! Or Was It the Monkey?(Jun 13, 2004)


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Jul 7, 2004, 14:35:26
 
i wrote linux version 6.2  (and when i t ...   i wrote linux   
lipa
Jul 7, 2004, 20:14:09
 
While I like humor, and while this is fu ...   This is getting old   
NeoSadist
Jul 8, 2004, 07:21:05
 
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