On October 5, 1991, the young man who would one day become the world's most famous programmer - and the brand name and poster boy for the open source software movement - sent a message to a newsgroup announcing the birth of what would become the Linux operating system.
You can read that original message that marks the birth of Linux as an open source project, posted by Linus Benedict Torvalds, on Google's archive of a newsgroup called
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iPhone 2G and 3G “jailbreak” addicts keen to move to Apple’s iPhone OS
2.1 can already do so on the Mac, but Windows users are patiently
awaiting a new version of WinPwn to do so. While it’s not yet
available, its author promises delivery “soon”.
If you’ve been desperate to upgrade your iPhone 2G or 3G to the latest iPhone OS 2.1, well, you’ve been able to do that since last Friday.
But iPhone Read the rest of this entry »