* On 2023 07 Jul 06:54 -0500, fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: > > Microsoft for good or bad has made major advances in > > software and is responsible for a fair fraction of what we experience in > > our Linux world. > > true > if microsoft had ever produced a decent product > linux may not have ever become as popular as it is
What MS has done has never been relevant to the creation of GNU, X, or the Linux kernel. GNU has always been a project to develop RMS' vision of a Unix compatible system. The Linux kernel came about because even though Linus had access to Minix, Tanenbaum had no interest in applying the patches Linus, et. al. wanted to apply to make it a more general system. Linus was only interested in a Unix he could afford and since GNU lacked a kernel that is what he focused on. MS was never part of the focus regarding the creation of GNU or Linux. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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