[plug] Please proofread this now if you can (PLUG, SLPWA, LCA)

[Patrick Tehvand]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:09, Leon Brooks wrote:

Linux: World Domination here we come

Linux is a POSIX-standard Unix-like operating system which started life in 
1992 as a rewrite by a Finnish student named Linus (pronounced Lee-nuss) 
Torvalds of an academic version of Unix called Minix. He published his work 
on the university's FTP server, told some friends about it, and before he 
could turn around had fixes for and extensions to it pouring into his 
mailbox.

The first time Linus was officially asked by somebody what his aim was for 
Linux, he jokingly replied "World domination". Now, a decade later, the ghost 
of the joke is laughing at us from the shadows.

Linux is used for a significant number of internet and intranet servers, and 
in many places has solved problems without management or accounting even 
being aware that it exists. Services mysteriously become reliable, not <##### 
this should be "no" ####> requisitions cross any desks, tech support's job 
gets easier, and everyone is happy.

Also SLPWA's url is www.slpwa.asn.au - I think we are moving away from 
slpwa.linux.org.au

Cheers

Patrick

HA! I got a spelling correction YAY!


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