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- Subject: a bit of history
- From: Ian Kluft <ikluft@cisco.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 23:54:01 -0800 (PST)
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Wow! While searching for something else (the way to find the best stuff :-), I stumbled on this web page in Austria that someone set up in late 1993 and early 1994, and apparently hasn't modified since. Remember, those days were the dawn of the web, and it looks like this guy tried to set up the first definitive Linux web site at the time. (Remember the old seagull logo?) But since he stopped maintaining it shortly after mirroring other sites, it's a snapshot in Linux history almost 5 years ago today... http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/comp/os/linux/ I'm amused to see all the things that say what Linux already did then. Even better are all the things they said it "never" would - all of which it now does and we take for granted. I'm thinking of mirroring the site to capture the historical content. :-) It really shows how far we've come in 5 years. I've never been so impressed with a neglected web site before. ;-) -- Ian Kluft KO6YQ PP-ASEL Cisco Systems, Inc. ikluft@cisco.com (work) ikluft@thunder.sbay.org (home) San Jose, CA -- echo "unsubscribe svlug" | mail majordomo@svlug.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to unsubscribe see http://www.svlug.org/mdstuff/lists.shtml for posting guidelines.
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- To: ikluft@cisco.com (Ian Kluft)
- Subject: Re: a bit of history
- From: "David E. Fox" <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 11:54:25 -0800 (PST)
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- In-Reply-To: <199812160754.XAA06517@tiber.cisco.com> from "Ian Kluft" at Dec 15, 98 11:54:01 pm
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> sites, it's a snapshot in Linux history almost 5 years ago today... > http://www.cosy.sbg.ac.at/comp/os/linux/ Cool. I like the part about Linux only running on Intel Hardware. Even better is the link on that same page containing some even older postings by Linus (1991/1992 time frame) on Linux's capabilities, like "porting is impossible" and especially the quote from late August 1991 "Anybody who needs more than 64 MB/task - tough cookies." Shades of BG there (640K ought to be enough for anybody.) :) Hell, I've routinely run tasks on Linux (even in the relatively early days) that needed more than 64MB. :) > Ian Kluft KO6YQ PP-ASEL Cisco Systems, Inc. > ikluft@cisco.com (work) ikluft@thunder.sbay.org (home) San Jose, CA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David E. Fox Tax Thanks for letting me dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com the change magnetic patterns root@belvedere.sbay.org churches on your hard disk. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- echo "unsubscribe svlug" | mail majordomo@svlug.org ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to unsubscribe see http://www.svlug.org/mdstuff/lists.shtml for posting guidelines.
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