Письмо Линуса Торвальдса в один из интернет-форумов usenet, с которого началась история создания Linux:

Hello everybody out there using minix —I'm doing a (free)  
operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) 
for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is 
starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people  
like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical  
layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). 
I'vee currently ported bash( 1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem 
to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few 
months, and I'd like to know what features most people would 
want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll  
implement them:-) 
Linus 
PS. Yes — it's free of any minix code, and it has a  
multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it  
probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as 
that's all I have: -)