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| From | J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! |
| Date | 2013-02-09 02:01 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <kf4am3$7q2$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On Friday, February 8th, 2013, at 17:46:57h -0500, Michael Black wrote:
> I think in 1994, AOL was still sending out the software on floppy disk.
Yes I am pretty sure that was the case.
> And of course, any decent distribution back then was likely still on
> floppy disk.
Well from Linux Journal Issue #2 April 1994
QUOTE
Slackware -- Some distributors (such as Trans-Ameritech) are distributing Slackware on CD-ROM.
Yggdrasil -- Available only on CD-ROM
UNQUOTE
Later in the year, October 31 1994 , Red Hat Linux arrived and, as far as I am aware
[corrections invited], was available only on CD-ROM.
GNU/Linux has been on floppies, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, but looks like never will be on BluRay.
And one should not forget the famout UseNet posting of 2 years earlier
From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: LINUX is obsolete
Date: 30 Jan 92 13:44:34 GMT
...
I still maintain the point that designing a monolithic kernel in 1991 is
a fundamental error.
...
BUT 21 years later and the HURD is still not ready.
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Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2013-02-08 17:46 -0500
Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2013-02-09 02:01 +0000
Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-02-09 03:05 +0100
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Re: Necroposting yet again from GOOGLE groups -- Re: Help! Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2013-02-09 13:29 +0200
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