[lug] Did Linus really not write Linux?

[Chip Atkinson]

Minor correction:

It was Nikola Tesla who pioneered AC.  Edison was in favor of DC.
:-)

Chip

On Tue, 25 May 2004, Nate Duehr wrote:

>
> >Everyone knows that Tannenbaum wrote Minix first, and Linux had studied
> >it.  That isn't a secret.
> >
> I get a kick out of how difficult Intellectual Property law and ideals
> are to deal with.  It's always entertaining to read along after-the-fact
> and try to decide if the proper credit was given to various folks.
>
> Example: How many of us use cron every day?  How many of us have ever
> sent a personal thank-you to Paul Vixie (who's still very very active
> online and easy to find).  Even further, how many of us have cracked
> open the source to see who ELSE has worked on the version(s) of cron we
> use?  Interesting tangent thoughts to ponder, anyway.
>
> All I could think about while reading this thread was that I've plugged
> in a toaster oven or two in my time that didn't have any labels thanking
> Edison for his work on AC power.  Of course, when we really deeply
> review history we find that Edison was building a monopoly -- similar to
> a certain company we all have come to love to hate.
>
> It's tough... if someone creates or fosters something truly
> revolutionary, they want appropriate credit and perhaps even
> compensation for it.  But if someone creates something *evolutionary*
> it's harder for our culture to give credit for those "improvements"...
> especially with the way our IP law is really twisted in the U.S. toward
> the original inventor.
>
> Interesting stuff...
>
> Nate Duehr, nate at natetech.com
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