Now that it's August 25 in most countries, the time has come for us Linux geeks to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the and the open source project that changed the world as we know it.Yes, that's right, exactly 25 years ago, on August 25, 1991, which was a Sunday, Linus Benedict Torvalds informed Minix users that he was doing a free computer operating system as a hobby. "Hello everybody out there using Minix. I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like GNU) for 386 (486) AT clone," read the announcement.
"Even after 25 years, Linux still serves as an example of how collaborative development can work, which can be applied to other open source projects," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux Foundation. "This report provides insight into the development trends and methodologies used by thousands of different individuals co... (read more)
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