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Linux was called 'obsolete' in 1992, and now it powers servers around the world (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Called "obsolete" by whom? Microsoft?

[–] Klear@piefed.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reading is hard, isn't it?

[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

And it's in the big bold title...

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Especially when the linked article does not open, yes.

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The image reads Andy Tannenbaum.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Ah, OK, the Tannenbaum discussion. Yes, we had good laughs back then.

[–] libewa@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, Microslop called it a "cancer".

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That, too.

[–] cy888@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Andy Tannembaum. Mi ix is microkernel. Linux is monolithic

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've been there with the MINIX debate back then. I've actually used MINIX on a job back then. Tannenbaum knows his stuff, but with that, he was completely off. I don't think that most people in the Linux scene nowadays have ever heard of him or his OS. So much for relevance.

[–] cy888@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Minix in a sense is more successful than Linux as it runs in every Intel as a backdoor for the NSA.

Not sure if Minix is still used as a teaching OS but I'm the textbook is still likely around.

[–] auzy1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

In practice, I don't think anyone predicted the market

Turns out 640kb was never enough