Well, you should go on to Babbage and Lovelace Ada ...
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>From: supreet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 6:32 AM
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>Subject: Re: [ilugd]: Queries reg GNU/Linux
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>GNU tools are inpired by design paradigm, unix. Unix was AT&T
>system. So
>we should say the garden was sown by people at AT&T. O but wait, There
>was something called Multics which was the OS which never got finished
>which inspired unix platform paradigm ..... Bla bla . But Von Neumann
>gave the concept of data and excutive code on same memory
>system. What I
>want to drive home as a point is knowledge base of any kind, really
>does'nt come from one source. And acknowledging that is important. Real
>contribution of project's like Xwindow, GNU compiler sets and
>utilities,
>BSD is not that they produced THE tools, but the just are proof of
>concept that PEOPLE design software, not demi god's. and offering
>prayers to linus, RMS, maddog etc etc is last thing is free
>software one
>should do. Although they do deserve respect.
>
>some thoughts
>
>Supreet
>
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