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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I'm thinking of mirroring the site to capture the historical content.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. ;-)
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Ian Kluft  KO6YQ PP-ASEL                                  Cisco Systems, Inc.
ikluft@cisco.com (work)  ikluft@thunder.sbay.org (home)          San Jose, CA

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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
 
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