Comments on: Linus DECUS ’94 talks found!

By: i604

i604 — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 22:15:18 +0000

In reply to Allan. Indeed !!

By: neozeed

neozeed — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 02:40:55 +0000

In reply to nobody. It's also a dig at the "Open Software Foundation" who was doing the OSF/1 thing at the time which was most certainly not open. Too bad, as the world clearly needed a Mach 2.6 based system. Funny how it was Apple's buyout of NeXT that made it all possible, and ironically open.

By: nobody

nobody — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 22:16:25 +0000

Linus speaks English very well but it’s funny hearing his slightly stronger accent and more timid speaking style from 27 years ago. 🙂

“If I were a marketing department, I would have called it OpenLinux”, poking fun at VMS, which had just become OpenVMS a few years earlier 🙂 🙂 🙂

By: Allan

Allan — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 18:11:28 +0000

This is an amazing piece of history.

By: neozeed

neozeed — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:57:59 +0000

In reply to nobody. Indeed! Merry Christmas!

By: nobody

nobody — Sat, 25 Dec 2021 16:55:49 +0000

Nineteen ninety *four*, my god!
Thank you so much for rescuing these from the jaws of F***book.
Merry Christmas!!!