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- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!world!dsb
- From: dsb@world.std.com (David Boyce)
- Subject: Re: Linux Standards (was: Stabilizing Linux)
- Message-ID: <BtCHuH.5DC@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Aug16.073340.11418@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1992Aug18.070709.16015@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 17:56:40 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In article <1992Aug18.070709.16015@trl.oz.au> mcf@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Michael Flower) writes:
- >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.
-
- I think you're making a big mistake - if Linus pays off his
- machine he'll probably invest in fancy new hardware. And then
- when version 1.0 comes out the README will say "requires at
- least a 486 with 8 meg...". I think many people on this group
- have a vested interest in keeping Linus using the minimal
- system.
-
- P.S. I'm kidding.
- --
- David Boyce dsb@world.std.com 617-576-1540
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