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- From: mcf@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Michael Flower)
- Subject: Re: Linux Standards (was: Stabilizing Linux)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.070709.16015@trl.oz.au>
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Aug16.073340.11418@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 07:07:09 GMT
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- From article <1992Aug16.073340.11418@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, by torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds):
-
- > ......
- > overreaction to the price I had to pay for minix ($169 may not be much,
- > but it's still more than I can afford: I'm still paying monthly
- > installments on my machine) and (b) protection: linux wasn't well-known
- > .....
-
- Ok guys, what say someone organises a whip around to pay off this beast.
- It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around that are
- using Linux, and getting a lot of fun and interest out of it, and for a
- small trouble we could pay off the machine, and allow Linus's mind
- fuller scope to spend on the problem in hand rather than the monthly payments
- on the box. Perhaps as a gesture of saying 'thanx'. I realise that there are many
- other people that also contribute, but after all, Linus started this game.
-
- Michael Flower
- Artificial Intelligence Systems Email: m.flower@trl.oz.au
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