I smelled his chair at OSDL during an invitation to compete for a contract and I partied with him at LinuxCon: http://events.linuxfoundation.org/lc09p2
That's me in the front row: http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2009/09/22/linuxcon2009/ There was a rumor that Linus has been replaced by look-alikes: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Will_The_Fake_Linus_Torvalds_Please_Stand_Up_VIDEO On 12/29/09, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeid...@gmail.com> wrote: > I saw this on slashdot I think. > > Long Live Linus. > > -jmz > > On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Mike Schwartz <schwa...@acm.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:52 PM, Mike Schwartz <schwa...@acm.org> wrote: >>> >>> from >>> >>> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/28/1438232/Happy-Birthday-Linus?art_pos=11 : >>> [quote:] >>> <blockquote> >>> >>> Linux: Happy Birthday, Linus >>> >>> Glyn Moody writes"Today is the birthday of Linus. Just under 19 years >>> ago, >>> on the first day the shops in Helsinki were open after the holidays, >>> Linus >>> rushed out and spent all his Christmas and birthday money on his first >>> PC: a >>> DX33 80386, with 4 Megs of RAM, no co-processor, and a 40 Megabyte hard >>> disc. Today, the kernel he wrote on that system powers 90% of the fastest >>> supercomputers, and is starting to find its way into more and >>> more smartphones — not to mention everything in between. What would the >>> world look like had he spent his money on something else?" >>> </blockquote> >>> -- >>> Mike Schwartz >> >> It appears that some of the above text, is actually from >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/happy-birthday-linus -- (which is >> pointed to, by the first underlined (clickable) hyper-link in the /. >> article quoted above -- that is, the "Just under 19 years ago" link). >> I just read that longer item (from http://www.linuxjournal.com/). >> Pretty interesting. >> -- >> Mike Schwartz >> Glendale AZ >> schwa...@acm.org >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Skype: (623)239-3392 AT&T: (503)754-4452 www.it-clowns.com http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:LisaKachold --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
