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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by jjtheblunt on Monday April 16, 2018 @11:47PM (#16855307)
a couple of decades ago Google didn't exist, no?
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Re:Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for its new I... by tyingq on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @11:17AM (#16859096)
It's nitpicking. They existed in 1998, so "a couple of decades" is debating months in the scope of decades. Google incorporated as a privately held company on September 4, 1998.
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