Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by yurisagalov » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 2:50 AM UTC

Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)
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Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by mabbo » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:04 PM UTC

> Summary: small poll for my new operating system

I'm intrigued. Does the email standard actually include a 'summary' field? If so, why doesn't that still exist?

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by myth_buster » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:06 PM UTC

> I'm doing a (free) operating system (__just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu__) for 386(486) AT clones. [...] and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(.

__just a hobby, won't be big and professional like X__ probably is how most of the startups get started.

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by empath75 » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

I can only imagine the first comment was someone telling him it would never work.

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by zerohp » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #2

> Summary: small poll for my new operating system I'm intrigued. Does the email standard actually include a 'summary' field? If so, why doesn't that still exist?

This is a usenet post, not an email. RFC 1036 includes 'Summary' as an optional field.

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:07 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #2

> Summary: small poll for my new operating system I'm intrigued. Does the email standard actually include a 'summary' field? If so, why doesn't that still exist?

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Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by ulkesh » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:09 PM UTC

Is there something special about today that this is being posted again?

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by chiefalchemist » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:10 PM UTC

I just finished reading the book "Here Comes Everybody" by Clay Shirky (circa 2008). In the book he mentions this very "announcement."

What's fascinating, per the book, is Linux was one of the first significant byproducts (if you will) of (internet) connectivity and how that enabled easy group / team formation.

In the case of Linux, its growth helped to further connectivity, etc. That is, in creating Linux, it helped spread Linux.

Great problem to have ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_Everybody

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by macintux » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:11 PM UTC

mabbo wrote: post #2

> Summary: small poll for my new operating system I'm intrigued. Does the email standard actually include a 'summary' field? If so, why doesn't that still exist?

As zerohp said, Usenet. Here's an RFC link I just chased down:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5536#section-3.2.11

Re: Linus Torvalds announces Linux (1991)

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Post by nikanj » Thu, Nov 01, 2018, 7:13 PM UTC

myth_buster wrote: post #3

> I'm doing a (free) operating system (__just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu__) for 386(486) AT clones. [...] and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(. __just a hobby, won't be big and professional like X__ probably is how most of the startups get started.

Based on the pitches I’ve seen, it’s very much the opposite. ”We are about to completely upend the X industry, with a market potential of hundreds of billions”