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The email that made history.
On this day, 35 years ago, a student in Finland sent a message that he was working on a new project that "won't be big and professional".
He was wrong! The project became both huge and professional.
This is how Linux came into existence.
It started as a hobby project, turned into a Master thesis, turned into the backbone of internet, cloud and AI.
Happy 35th🥂
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