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From: "Ojaste,James [NCR]" <James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA>
Subject: Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question)
Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 12:30:59 -0400
Spike wrote:
>i just heard something recently about linus that i find quite....
>enlightening....
>
>Guess what the computer was that got him interested in operating systems....
>
>Go on.... You'll never guess....

Minix. Linus wasn't satisfied with minix so he decided to write his
own version. Or are you asking about the hardware? If so, I'm not
sure. Probably a 286 clone of some sort.

James Ojaste

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