ray wrote:

> 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.

Don't use facts with dennis, it'll only confuse him further.

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