The first version of Linux is released and Steve Jobs passes away. All on today’s On This Day from TEST Huddle.
1991 – Linux Kernel Version 0.02
Linus Torvalds the man who introduced the world to Linux announces the release of the first official version of the Linux kernel, version 0.02. The announcement is made on Usenet. In writing the post Torvalds writes, “Do you pine for the nice days of minix-1.1, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers?” He then goes on to invite others in the group to join in the project’s development.
2011 – Steve Jobs passes away
After a prolonged battled with battle with pancreatic cancer, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs passes away at the age of 56. Over the course of the following week, the internet will be flooded by the emotional outpouring of Apple fans mourning Jobs’ death.
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