Edit: my below comment was actually wrong. They actually do use git.

Thanks for sharing. What I find most interesting is that Linus is still using the same email-based software development methods for the kernel while the rest of the software engineering world has evolved to use his other invention, git, for that. I’m kind of second-hand embarrassed for those geniuses who have yet to adopt proper version control for (what I’d argue is) the most important project in the computing world.

Here’s a far more nuanced explanation from Spore’s reply to this comment :

Git and Email are not mutually exclusive. In order to collaborate with git, you need and only need a way to send your commits to others. Commits can be formatted as plain-text files and sent through emails. That is how git has been used by its author from literally the first release of it.

I honestly thought this was going to be about os2

You’ve read your last complementary article this month. The second Library of Alexandria doesn’t burn down, it gets locked behind a paywall.

Whatever the actual numbers, it is not unrealistic that Linux will emerge as the second operating system after Windows, especially given Apple's currently confusing sense of direction.

curious for a 27 year old article how accurate it turned to be (androidOS notwithstanding). Windows seems to still be the "2,000-pound gorilla" but there are other options available these days...

This is funny because 2008 is also when I got stuck on it. Interesting read, thanks for sharing!