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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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[–] Smug_Marmot@lemmy.zip 19 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Tanenbaum also believed that the Intel x86 was on the way out, the very CPU that Linux was hard-coded to run on. On the other hand, Minix was ready to adopt the upcoming RISC tech, which Tanenbaum believed would drive the x86 into extinction.

A genuine Nostradamus, here.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip 16 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Kinda wish he was right about risc tbh

[–] Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip 12 points 22 hours ago

I would argue he was, but it's taking far longer than I'd like