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		px43 on Sept 22, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser No one said that. At the time there was a massive gaping hole in the OS market begging to be filled. OS vendors were gouging everyone, and GNU/Hurd kept experiencing delays.

irrational on Sept 22, 2023 | [–]

Of course nobody said that. Just like nobody should be saying anything to this guy about writing a browser.

strunz on Sept 22, 2023 | [–]

Actually Linus himself proclaimed it as a hobby that would never be big and professional:

>I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.

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