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That's a very humble first post...
by pmelendez 13y ago
That's a very humble first post...
- deathanatos 13y agoEspecially given, > It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks I've always wondered about the humbleness in that post. Whenever I talk about something I've created, I try to be humble about it. That said, inside, I'm of course wishing that it becomes the biggest bestest piece of software that (insert favorite large tech company you want to see collapse here) never saw coming and eventually rules the world. I can't help but wonder if Linus was thinking that at the time.
- jasomill 13y agoReminds me of Alan Kay's attitude[1] in naming "Smalltalk": The name was also a reaction against the "IndoEuropean god theory" where systems were named Zeus, Odin, and Thor, and hardly did anything. I figured that "Smalltalk" was so innocuous a label that if it ever did anything nice people would be pleasantly surprised. [1] http://www.smalltalk.org/smalltalk/TheEarlyHistoryOfSmalltalk_III.html#OriginOfSmalltalksName http://www.smalltalk.org/smalltalk/TheEarlyHistoryOfSmalltal...