In article <1992Aug18.070709.16015@trl.oz.au> of comp.os.linux,
  mcf@medici.trl.OZ.AU (Michael Flower) writes:
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> From article <1992Aug16.073340.11418@klaava.Helsinki.FI>, by torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds):
> 
> > ......
> > overreaction to the price I had to pay for minix (9 may not be much,
> > but it's still more than I can afford: I'm still paying monthly
> > installments on my machine) and (b) protection: linux wasn't well-known
> > .....
> 
> Ok guys, what say someone organises a whip around to pay off this beast.
> It seems to me that there are an awful lot of people around that are
> using Linux, and getting a lot of fun and interest out of it, and for a
> small trouble we could pay off the machine, and allow Linus's mind
> fuller scope to spend on the problem in hand rather than the monthly payments
> on the box. Perhaps as a gesture of saying 'thanx'. I realise that there
> are many 
> other people that also contribute, but after all, Linus started this game.
> 

I like this idea.  After freaking out the line printer operators at my
school by dumping the Linux source tree to printer I have gotten quite a
concept just how much effort has gone into this marvelous piece of code.  I
would volunteer to take up contributions in the USA, but I will be moving
in less than a month.  Maybe I should try to see if my dep't at school
would let me receive mail there.

        /hpa
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