> Is Tanenbaum egotistical enough that merely having his work be "the most widely used computer operating system in the world" justifies everything? He wrote a

> Is Tanenbaum egotistical enough that merely having his work be "the most widely used computer operating system in the world" justifies everything? He wrote an open letter just to tell everyone his OS is the most widely used in the world - even though he didn't need to, because 20 news outlets already did that job for him - and that he wants recognition. Of course it's ego. But he may not need to 'justify' it because he may not give a crap either way.