Linux 20 years on

Posted by rpm007 on Aug 28, 2011 1:41 PM EDT
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It has been 20 years since Linus Torvalds first announced his new operating system. At the time he said that Linux was not much to get excited about, just a hobby that might appeal to a few like-minded developers. As it turned out Linux became a lot more than Torvalds could ever have imagined and far from being a hobby for a handful, Linux is now at the heart of most of the world’s IT.

It has been 20 years since Linus Torvalds first announced his new operating system. At the time he said that Linux was not much to get excited about, just a hobby that might appeal to a few like-minded developers. As it turned out Linux became a lot more than Torvalds could ever have imagined and far from being a hobby for a handful, Linux is now at the heart of most of the world’s IT.

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