Andrew Tannenbaum on Linus didn’t write Linux

Posted on 5/20/2004 by Ben

Andrew Tannenbaum debunks the idea that Linus didn’t invent Linux. Tannenbaum is the author of MINIX, the OS that inspired Linus to write Linux because he didn’t want to shell out $69 for MINIX. He hilariously describes his interview with Ken Brown, director of the Alexis de Toqueville Institution, and also gets in his traditional digs at Linux.

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