Torvalds, Linus (1992-01-29), Post to comp.os.minix newsgroup, retrieved: 2006-08-28 To Andrew Tanenbaum (author of Minix) during the Tanenbaum-Torvalds debate.
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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
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About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
About Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds (born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish-American computer programmer, best known as the creator of the Linux kernel.
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