On this day in 1991, Linus Torvalds announced he was working on what would become Linux

Just over three decades ago, Linus Torvalds sowed the seeds for Linux by sending an email detailing his plans to develop a free OS

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And he immediately got flamed for it (/s)
- This is the way
- And now hardly anyone uses microkernels, hilariously.
- Thanks for the link, that was an interesting read!
- The husband of a woman I worked with was going abroad to study with Tannenbaum. I said, "That's the guy who hated Linux!" She had no idea what I was talking about, but it was good for a chuckle for me.

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