2 years ago

Category: Software, Infrastructure, android

There was no glitzy product launch, no sales team, no social media blitz. There was just a programmer at a desk in Finland who put his kernel code out on a bulletin board in 1991, with a few rules around how anyone could add or change the software for the better.

What comes through is that Linux was grown by people who found it a worthy outlet for their technical curiosity and, ultimately, a platform to build not just software, but friendships.

Prior to that, it was always associated with x86 or Intel, or it was meant to be run on PCs. The first time I saw a version of Linux that had been specifically ported over to run on SPARC, I was amazed to see how stable it was and how complete it was.