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		jbirer on April 9, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Jolitz has died Publicity wins over utility. The flamewars between -baum and Torvalds brought alot of attention to Linux.

musicale on April 9, 2022 [–]

So it was partially Torvalds' (and Tanenbaum's) friendly personalities!

I'd forgotten that Linus started out with Minix.

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