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- From: krej@electrum.kth.se (Kristian Ejvind)
- Subject: Question to Linus! (Was: problem compiling.....)
- In-Reply-To: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI's message of 22 Aug 92 20:00:46 GMT
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- Organization: The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <1992Aug22.164625.772@rock.concert.net>
- <1992Aug22.200046.25400@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 23:40:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug22.200046.25400@klaava.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
-
- Also, while I haven't been totally out of touch, I've not answered all
- my mail (or answered very tersely) the last weeks, due to work. I also
- haven't had time to check out all the patches I've gotten etc. I should
- have more time for linux the upcoming weeks, so hopefully I'll try to
- catch up a bit.
-
- Linus
-
- A few time a thought has crossed my mind: "I wonder how much work
- Linus has put into Linux?". As a coincidence this thought passed by
- when I read the above, and I felt that this is thei perfect time to ask
- Linus a question which I think might be of general interest.
-
- Linus, how much time do spend on linux? I mean, even I realize that
- an os isn't done during a coffee break or even during a Saturday a week for
- a year. A small guess of mine: In the beginning the hacking was done in
- those 12 hour sessions (06pm-06am) we all have experienced, ? but as linux
- has been going on for such a long time this just wouldn't work if one
- were supposed to do some studying too. The public interest is that I have
- a feeling that you have spent a LOT of time and that not everybody realize
- how much you have done (and how grateful they should be that there exists
- jerks as ,sorry, sorry, sorry my fingers slipped, geniuoses as you).
-
- /Kristian Ejvind
-