“Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it;)”

—  Linus Torvalds

Message, linux-kernel mailing list, IU, 1996-07-20, Torvalds, Linus, 2014-04-26 http://www.webcitation.org/6P8EBZqQX, <br class="br">1990s, 1995-99

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