He certainly had a lot of free time on his hands.&nbsp; Given that, I can conclude he was probably single.&nbsp; :)<br><br>J.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 1:23 PM, David Nicol <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:davidnicol@gmail.com">davidnicol@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
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</div>So you&#39;re saying that when Linus decided to reverse engineer the Minix kernel,<br>
he was otherwise sad and lonely?<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><br>&quot;He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.&quot; -- Thomas Paine<br>