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I should have been more precise, these discussions are just so lame. The author is simply stating as in the original press clipping that Linus Torvalds did not 'invent' Linux, which after first saying it came from Santa Claus, Torvalds himself later admitted and I linked above. That is all there is to it. I did not, whatever's this author's name is did not, Bush2000, none of us said that code was stolen, and if the author had said that Torvalds would have sued him because there's no proof now, if there ever was any.

Can you not admit that Torvalds did not "invent" Linux, even though he admits it himself? If you can admit it, then good, and I have nothing else to say about the matter. If you can't, take it up with Torvalds, who admits he didn't.

One more post is all we should have to have between one another this fine evening, AFAIC.

Linus did not invent computers.
Linus did not invent the concepts underlying operating system fundamentals.
Linus did not invent UNIX. He simply observed UNIX (and obviously Minix) systems and wrote a work-alike kernel.
Linus did not invent an operating system, only a kernel. His kernel his useless without an OS.
Linus did not invent CSH, BASH, or any other command shell clone with UNIX commands.
Linus did not invent the UNIX file system.
Linus did not invent the gcc libaries used to compile code so it can run or a system with Linux.

Linus did invent his own code. Ken Brown says he didn't. And by defending Ken Brown's work, that's what you are saying as well.

Everyone here is pretty sick of your Clinton-style double speak, so I'm telling you where to look for the code, and one method you might use for comparing the two codebases.

If you choose to stick to your guns, then you better do your homework. Find where Linus stole the source code. As I said, there's a buttload of money for you in Utah if you can do it. Otherwise, be a man and admit you were wrong. Or be quiet.