gordon-creAtive.com wrote on 2021-08-26, 08:52:
"just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu" - Every now and then in computer history (IBM PC, MS-DOS, Intel 8080, NES, etc.) things went quite differently than imagined. Nowadays I'd consider Linux more important than Windows.
(and ironically gnu/hurd became the hobby project).
Psychology. The Linux guy knew he was the underdog, the David, the weak one.
And because he knew no one has sympathy for the big players "just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu", he saw his chance.
So he played out his role very well and was successful. The rest is history.
I think he might fit into the category of a "dark empath".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl20Ke2Y58g
That's a person that knows how to use other people's emotions to his/her advantage.
Like an AI, he can fake sympathy without actually being affected by it.
In this respect, I think he's a true mastermind. Kudos.
keenmaster486 wrote on 2021-08-26, 15:48:
"Probably will never support anything but AT hard disks" lmao
Nice.
Ah yes, I remember that. I think that was because the Linux dude hated the Real-Mode BIOS at the time.
SCSI and other HDD types do usually provide their own int13h handlers for BIOS support,
but since Lunux refused to use the BIOS code,
it had to do everything on its own.
That's in stark contrast to Windows (Win 3.x, 9x, NT), DOS and DOS-like systems and OS/2.
They all support the BIOS for HDD access, even if that support is merely intended as a fall-back.
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