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To: alydar who wrote (59377)	7/3/2001 3:21:57 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) of 74651

That's an interesting viewpoint, but the facts are otherwise. See developer.ibm.com for the real story: One of the misconceptions about Linux is that it was started out of a desire to create a competitor to Microsoft™ operating systems. This could not be further from the truth. Like many open source projects, Linux grew out of dissatisfaction. In the case of Linux, it was Linus Torvalds' dissatisfaction with the operating systems available for the PC. Familiar with the multitasking capabilities of the Intel 386 processor through his studies, Mr. Torvalds set out to create an operating environment similar to the UNIX operating system that he was familiar with from the computer labs at school. As Mr. Torvalds puts it, "I couldn't afford some of the commercial OSes and I didn't want to run DOS or Windows -- I don't even know, did Windows really exist then?" To satisfy this need, Mr. Torvalds started work on what today is known as Linux.

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