To both the World Wide Web, age 20 years this day and Linux v1.0, age 15 years this day. Two creations that have changed a lot of things. Sort of neat that they happened on the same day, albeit five years apart...
posted by Thomas Kyte at 10:30 AM
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And a big thank you to Al Gore for inventing them both. :)
And to my daughter Mila - 16 and a WWW and Linux-freak :)
by the way, asktom.oracle.com - is that approaching 10 very soon? :)
Hey Tom, HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOU TOO !!!
Indeed, Tom: a Happy Birthday to you too!
So, happy birthdays are in order! Hope you have a great day, Tom. Sending you a virtual beer. ;-D
Bill S.
And of course, the first time I clicked on the link in a non-microsoft browser, "...has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost. Please tell Microsoft about this problem."
What really makes me feel old is these days I'm "celebrating" my 20 years of work too... started with V 5.0 in 1989 !
"Portable" Version 5.0: about 50-60 diskettes of 720 Kb. I sitll have it somewhere!
Happy Birthday Tom!!
Belated Happy B'day Tom.
Cheers,
Thiru
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