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Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? (News.com)

Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? (News.com)

Posted May 20, 2004 21:42 UTC (Thu) by alexp (guest, #10320)
Parent article: Is Torvalds really the father of Linux? (News.com)

In an interview conducted for the study, [Andrew] Tanenbaum said Minix 'was the base that Linus used to create Linux. He also took many ideas from Minix, including the file system [layout], source tree [names] and much more.
Ken Brown is not only a dummy, he's also distorting Tannenbaum's words to push his agenda. Ken, MS isn't paying you to embarrass yourself, gotta do a better job


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