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Saturday, April 1, 2000

Linux Based on DOS! -- 11:08 am CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

On the eve of Red Hat's great breakthrough in the OS world, a shocking confession comes from Linus Torvalds himself:

My conscience will not let me rest until I get this out. I did not create the original Linux kernel entirely from scratch. I couldn't figure out how to make some things work; for example, I couldn't get daemon processes to stay in memory. So I used a commercial disassembler to reverse engineer MS-DOS, looked at its TSR code, added a few C routines, and released it as Linux 0.2. Over the years, that code has served us well. I don't think we could have a working kernel without it.
The Linux world has been strangely quiet since this revelation. Many eagerly await the outcome. If Linux is based on MS-DOS, will Microsoft then own Linux? If Red Hat owns Microsoft, will Red Hat literally own Linux? Lawyers all over the world are seeking the answer. Stay tuned for further developments . . .

Oh, and Happy April Fool's Day!

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