Re: Linux's 5th birthday
Phil Edwards (pedwards@valhalla.cs.wright.edu)
Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:35:52 -0400
> > > In America we have a tradition, birthday licks (better known as spanking).
> > > Soooo.., Linus? Quick, someone grab him, I'll get the paddle!!
> >
> > Take it to alt.sex.bondage, guys.
>
> Gack, you guys are pulling me into the gutter. :P
>
> Ok, let me clarify that this was not the "American tradition" that
> I was referring to. I hope my harmless post doesn't turn into headlines:
>
> "In other news, a little known programmer was charged with a sexual
> harassment suit by the genius kernel hacker, Linus Torvalds. This
> is the first known example of ICSA (Inter-Continental Sexual Harassment).
> Bill Gates comments, '" This is the sort of thing that proves freeware
> OS hacking is deteriorating our moral fiber, if Linus had been using
> the Microsoft Network this would not have happened...."'"
Only because Linus' audience would consist of whichever 8 other people
had been able to log onto MSN before it throttles, and those 8 people
would have only been able to answer with "Kernel? Uh... ME TOO!"
All seriousness aside, I would like to join in the well-wishing and
congratulating. Thanks to Linus and the rest of the hackers for giving
us a /reason/ to purchase Wintel machines!
Luck++;
Phil
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