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Linus Benedict Torvalds  
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 More options Jan 30 1992, 5:17 pm
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
From: torva...@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
Date: 30 Jan 92 15:38:16 GMT
Local: Thurs, Jan 30 1992 10:38 am
Subject: Apologies (was Re: LINUX is obsolete)

In article <1992Jan29.231426.20...@klaava.Helsinki.FI> I wrote:
>Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply.

And reply I did, with complete abandon, and no thought for good taste
and netiquette.  Apologies to ast, and thanks to John Nall for a friendy
"that's not how it's done"-letter.  I over-reacted, and am now composing
a (much less acerbic) personal letter to ast.  Hope nobody was turned
away from linux due to it being (a) possibly obsolete (I still think
that's not the case, although some of the criticisms are valid) and (b)
written by a hothead :-)

                Linus "my first, and hopefully last flamefest" Torvalds


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