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February 10: “Linux is Obsolete” Thread Ends
By February 10, 2013

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 1992 – Comp.os.minix was the location for famous thread “Linux is Dead”. 73 Posts went back and forthe before Bill Mitchell closes it.  Andy Tanenbaum (MINIX) started the thread and Linus Torvolds shot back. This is how the thread started out:Wikazine – Full show notes for February 10 I was in the U.S. for a couple of weeks, so I haven’t commented much on LINUX (not that I would have said much had I been around), but for what it is worth, I have a couple of comments now. As most of you know, for me MINIX is a hobby, something that I do in the evening when I get bored writing books and there ...

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August 25: Linus Torvolds Asks, “What Would You Like to See Most in Minix”
By August 24, 2012

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Day in Technology History for August 25th – Linus torvolds starts the discussion that would eventually become Linux

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June 17: 24 Hour Guinness Record of Firefox 3
By June 16, 2012

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 2008 – Mozilla takes a new marketing step as they announce they want to break the Guinness world records for downloads in a 24 hour period of release. A grand idea, however, it was slightly hampered by the fact that the servers didn’t come up at 10 AM. The bug was fixed and they got the record of 7 million downloads. It was expected to be around 10 million if the bugs did not creep up, for some downloaded 3.0 from other sites. Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for June 17 Linus Torvolds announces he will leave Transmetta to work for the Open Source Development Labs Flickr co-founders leave the company ...

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