On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:04:51 +0000, dennis@home wrote:

> "ray" <ray@zianet.com> wrote in message
> news:63no6fF284nq0U4@mid.individual.net...
>> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:58:54 +0200, bamboozle wrote:
>>
>>> modern as in linux that is 20 years old? lol
>>
>> I'm afraid you are wrong there. Linus Torvalds did not even start work
>> on Linux until 1991. Unless my math skills have completely
>> deteriorated, 1991 + 20 = 2011 - and it's only 2008 now!
>>
>>
> Don't forget that Linux is a copy of a much older OS kernel than that.
> Its not as though Linus invented something new.

It's not a "copy of a much older OS kernel". Linus was inspired to start
on it by minix. But it is a complete, original work. It has also changed
much since it's inception.