From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757992AbXFZMkm (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:40:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757935AbXFZMkc (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:40:32 -0400 Received: from embla.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.22]:52002 "HELO embla.aitel.hist.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1757911AbXFZMk3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:40:29 -0400 Message-ID: <468105FE.9030100@aitel.hist.no> Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:26:38 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070329) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grozdan Nikolov CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: How innovative is Linux? References: <200706231417.16086.microchip@chello.be> In-Reply-To: <200706231417.16086.microchip@chello.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Grozdan Nikolov wrote: > Hello gentlemen and ladies. > > As a Linux user for many years now (regulars user, not a programmer), I want > to congratulated you all for the great work you all have done in making Linux > widely supported and compatible with a lot of hardware. Recently, I was on a > search to see how the Linux kernel itself compares to other Unix kernels > (*BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc) in terms of *real* innovation. It certainly has an innovative licence - which is why it is attracting developers and replacing most of those other unices . . . Helge Hafting