Why Can't Computers Just Work All the Time?

Posted by brittaw on Dec 6, 2008 12:59 AM EDT
Linux Pro Magazine; By Andrew W. Tanenbaum
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The feud between Minix inventor and operating system czar Andrew W. Tanenbaum and Linux Torvalds is legendary in the OS world. Before Linux there was Minix. Torvalds used to be a Minix user who set up his first Linux version in 1991 on Professor Tanenbaum’s operating system. Mr. Tanenbaum has now agreed to write a guest editorial for Linux Magazine. His opinion has not changed over the years: Linux (and Windows) are “unreliable.”

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