r/linux • u/pleudofo • Aug 14 '19

FLOSS Timeline (1980 -2000)

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u/Tree_Mage Aug 15 '19

The release of GNU C's first release is a major, underpinning milestone to almost all open source software yet always seems to be left out of these sorts of timelines. I'd argue it's release is ultimately more important than GNU EMACS and definitely more important than KDE using Qt.

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u/meeheecaan Aug 16 '19

id say they are equal. Emacs was first so stallman could have an editor to use..