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Re: M$ licenses Unix



On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 01:37:42PM -0500, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> I read somewhere that Linux was/is based on Minix, where does
> that figure into all of this?
> I realize it may be a Unix variant but to what degree of
> separation?

Linux was started in frustration at the lack of hackability Linus found 
with Minix, not as an offshoot of the Minix source code.

> Should I be concerned that one day in the near future Linux
> will no longer exist as an operating system?

No.

OT: I don't know what to think of people asking questions like these on 
a mailing list like this.  I find it hard to believe that they are 
legitimate worries from a user who is unable to google the normal IT 
news sources, but don't know how much little w*nkers /really/ enjoy 
yanking our chains for the fun of it.  Maybe a brief maturity entrance 
exam should be administered when people subscribe to the list?

  jc



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