Nick Hill wrote:
> --- "Mani. M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > containing MINIX (a very simple LINUX, so to speak).
>
> Hi... Linux was developed on Minix by Linus. Linux is
> a copy of Minix (to some extent), as Linus mostly got
> all the ideas from Minix, as it was open source for
> all the universities. So, i think its unfair to say
> that Minix is "a very simple LINUX", as Minix is the
> reason Linux is here, and the very reason of this
> list, and therefore i am here... ;-)
>
> Nikhil.
> IGNULUG-HYD.
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Some Thing more to that as i know. Let me know if i am wrong.
Minix is also part of the GNU project.
Linux was made for the i386 environment cause MINIX works till 286 only.
and so our father Linus sat down to write so that his childrens could
follow him.
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