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When the first prototypes of Linux were released in 1991 Linus was 21-22 years old.
by psv1 7y ago
When the first prototypes of Linux were released in 1991 Linus was 21-22 years old.
- jacquesm 7y agoYes, and nobody cared about whether it was released in one piece or not. And there was plenty wrong with those initial releases, especially compared to what was already out there. Linux is now mission critical, which means the rules of 1991 no longer apply.
- StreamBright 7y agoYou mean services built with Linux are mission critical?
- jononor 7y agoAnd it was not used anywhere. And the code was 1/1000 the size of what it is now. Today it runs business critical operations across the entire globe. It is not the same situation as in 1991.