“… the Linux philosophy is "laugh in the face of danger". Oops. Wrong one. "Do it yourself."”

—  Linus Torvalds

That's it.
Post, linux.dev.kernel newsgroup, Google Groups, 1996-10-16, Torvalds, Linus, 2006-08-28 http://groups.google.com/groups?&selm=Pine.LNX.3.91.961016155929.27735D-100000%40linux.cs.Helsinki.FI,
1990s, 1995-99

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