OT: Thread Hijack: History of Linux: a good read. Really! :-)

[Rich Grise]

Not as secure as Linux...and they are now WIN machines hardware-wise..

"Now"???
It was specifically written to run on "WIN machines":
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/

Selected Quotes:
"'I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991
is a fundamental error. Be thankful you are not my student. You would
not get a high grade for such a design '
(Andrew Tanenbaum to Linus Torvalds)

"Tanenbaum also remarked that : "Linux is obsolete".

"'Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a
good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix.'
(Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum)"

And so on...

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Baron]

"Now"???

I think Robert was referring to MAC hardware now based on X86 rather
than Motorola 68000.

 

[JeffM]

[...] https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/
Selected Quotes:
[...]
'Your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a
good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix.'
(Linus Torvalds to Andrew Tanenbaum)"
[...]

Tanenbaum's name may one day be less obscure than Linus'
http://google.com/search?q=cache:3q...s-*.*+*-*-*-*-*-*-*-education-only-*#27743177
but I won't be holding my breath.