Re: [Linux-aus] Goodbye AUUG, hello phoenix

[James Turnbull <james@lovedthanlost.net>]

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Bret Busby wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006, James Purser wrote:
> 
>>
>> I remember that one. The author claimed that Linus ripped off Minix to
>> build Linux. It was proved to be a shill document before it had even
>> reached the presses.

> Perhaps, the only people who really know the whole story, are the two
> people directly involved; Tenenbaum, and Torvalds; "The Two T's"
> 

Tenenbaum's comment on Brown's book are here:

http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/

He pretty conclusively says Linus didn't steal anything.  There is also
a code comparison between Linux and Minix referenced there that
indicates there isn't any code in common.

Regards

James Turnbull

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