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by jstx1 1756 days ago
> I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)

Nice.
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AdmiralAsshat 1756 days ago
Oh, huh. For some reason I always remembered that sentence as, "won't be big and professional like Hurd".
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pjmlp 1756 days ago
> 1998: Many major companies such as IBM, Compaq and Oracle announce their support for Linux.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux

Without them it would just be like Hurd.

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racl101 1756 days ago
Managing our expectations from the get go.
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