Would Linux exist without the Internet?

[Steven Susbauer]

mdh wrote:
>--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Darren Pilgrim <phi at evilphi.com> wrote:
>>From: Darren Pilgrim <phi at evilphi.com>
>>Subject: Re: Would Linux exist without the Internet?
>>To: "Jayton Garnett" <jayton.garnett at gmail.com>
>>Cc: freebsd-chat at freebsd.org
>>Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 6:30 PM
>>Jayton Garnett wrote:
>>>Would the Internet exist without BSD?
>>>No.
>>>
>>>Would Linux exist without the Internet? :)
>>>No.
>>By extension: Linux wouldn't exist without BSD. :)
>
>I've seen a quote around attributed to Linus Torvalds, stating something 
>along the lines of "If I'd known about 386BSD back then, I probably 
>wouldn't have created Linux."
>
>So an inverse is true, as well - Linux wouldn't exist with BSD.  Or 
>something.
>
>- mdh

I believe it's from an old LinuxNews piece, from October 1992 -
http://www.abc.se/~m9339/linux/linuxdoc/linuxnews03a.html

"LN:	How do you feel about Minix, 386BSD, and Hurd and their authors?
Are they rivals, or or allies?

Linus:	386BSD and Hurd are most definitely allies - I'll be happy to
help them any way I can (for 386BSD I was already able to help with the
math-emulator, and I've been in contact with some others re: vm86 etc).
*If 386BSD had been available a year earlier, I would probably never
have started on Linux*, but as it is, I'm happy to say that 386BSD
didn't automatically mean that Linux wasn't worth it. Both 386BSD and
Linux have their points, and I naturally think Linux is more fun."

So there you have it, pull out your time machines. ;)