Re: Linus Geek of the Week

["Nathan Meyers-2" <user=8@nabble.blu.org>]

 John Abreau wrote: 
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 10:25 AM,  <[hidden email]> wrote: 
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>> Had AT&amp;T 
>> let BSD be unencumbered earlier, there would be no Linux. 
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>> Well, MINIX came to being because of the AT&amp;T copyright nonsense. Had BSD 
>> been "open" at the time, there would not have been a Linux kernel. 
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> Even further back, if that comet hadn't killed off the dinosaurs 
> 65 million years ago, Homo sapiens would not have evolved, 
> and there would be no Linux kernel.   :-) 
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