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The Linus response is pretty great -> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI/m/P8isWhZ8PJ8J https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16Q

• yallpendantools 2y ago
  Is it just me or is that response actually...nice and good spirited? I haven't read these annals of computing history for more than a decade now and I expected a bit more vitriol from Linus "Fuck You Nvidia" Torvalds. I mean, okay both sides fire zingers but with far less density than average HN. Also there's https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI/m/tHp9VExAcmMJ https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.minix/c/wlhw16QWltI/m/tH.... It was, unfortunately, not this young lad's last flamefest. See second sentence of last paragraph. Goodness, the internet really was a nicer place back then. Nowadays, you quote forum etiquette on someone and you get called an idiot for it. I'm touching grass today and I'm gonna be grateful for it.
  • ThrowawayR2 2y ago
    Linus was just an unremarkable undergraduate at the time and Andrew Tanenbaum was (and still is) a renowned researcher and author of widely used textbooks on computer architecture and networking. If Linus had been sassy, things would have ended very, very badly for him.