On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 17:49 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > WRONG. > > Window 3.1 was out in early 1980s. Linus released the first Linux > kernel in 1991. See http://www.linux10.org/history/, > https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/rhasan/linux/ or > http://www.computerhope.com/history/unix.htm for some of the history. > I > hardly think your statement that "Linux was developed before Windows > had > anything useful to offer." is valid. Hate to burst your bubble Jeff, but windows 3.1 was released in 1992 http://www.computerhope.com/history/19902000.htm You could argue that Windows 1.0 was released in 1985 http://www.computerhope.com/history/198090.htm But Windows 1.0 was a file system manager that ran on top of an OS, usually DOS. Windows was not generally thought of as an Operating System at that time. So comparison of the two in 1991 would be moot. Like comparing Windows XP to Nautilus. MC
