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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by arp242 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @03:17AM (#44296482)
Why August 1999? Seems quite specific?
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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by alistairSH on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @08:33AM (#44298359)
RedHat's IPO. Seemed like as good a date as any to anchor "when Linux went mainstream". I'm sure there are other dates that are arguably at least as good here.
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Re:Occurences of swearing in the Linux kernel source code ov... by arp242 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @01:24PM (#44301490)
Ah right, that roughly tracks. Just wasn't obvious where "August 1999" came from.

Kind of amazing timeline in hindsight by the way; Linux was "only" 8 years old at that point.

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