Would Linux exist without the Internet?

[mdh]

--- 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