Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
for Linux and Open Source
| October 4, 2021
| Topic: Enterprise Software
Thirty years ago, give or take, Linus Torvalds created Linux. At the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit last week, Torvalds talked with his good friend and VMware VP and chief open-source officer Dirk Hohndel about Linux’s history.
First things first, they talked about the actual date of Linux’s birthday. Hohndel noted that Torvalds “has redefined the birthday of Linux everyone used to use — August 25 — and then said, ‘well, actually it’s September’.” Indeed Torvalds and I have talked about this very point before, and you can choose between four dates for Linux’s “official” birthday.
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
for Linux and Open Source
| October 4, 2021
| Topic: Enterprise Software