[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > 2002? No, I'm pretty sure I heard Jon say that at least as far back as > 1997, or perhaps early 1998.
Actually the first time I said it was in May of 1994, when I put together my first slide talk about Linux for Digital Equipment Corporation's Unix Product Management staff. I had just met Linus at the DECUS convention in New Orleans, and was madly trying to get him an Alpha system so he would not feel compelled to do the PowerPC instead. I was trying to get my management to understand that although systems like Digital Unix had a reasonable lifespan (unless killed off artificially), eventually Linux (or something called Linux) would take over. It was the last bullet of the last slide, and for many more months it stayed the last bullet of the last slide as I went from group to group speaking about Linux. I still include it in talks occasionally. Jabr, thanks for kicking the memories into gear. md -- ============================================================================= Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director Linux International(SM) email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 80 Amherst St. Voice: +1.603.672.4557 Amherst, N.H. 03031-3032 U.S.A. WWW: http://www.li.org Board Member: Uniforum Association, USENIX Association (R)Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in several countries. (SM)Linux International is a service mark of Linux International, Inc. ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
