To Linux einai anatreptiko. Poios 8a skeftotan, akomh kai prin apo pente xronia , oti ena leitoyrgiko susthma pagkosmias embeleias 8a ftiaxnotan, san apo mageia, apo tmhmatika hacking poy ekanan xiliades programmatistes skorpismenoi s' olo ton planhth, enwmenoi mono me ta adunama nhmata toy Internet;
Kaneis, bebaia. Thn wra poy ma8aina gia to Linux stis arxes toy 1993, asxoloumoyna hdh me to Unix kai ton programmatismo anoixtou kwdika [open source]epi deka xronia. Hmoyn apo toys prwtoys dianemhtes ths GNU sta mesa ths dekaetias toy '80. Eixa kataskeyasei kai dia8esei enan sebasto ari8mo logismikou anoixtou kwdika sto diktyo, anaptussontas h synanaptussontas polla programmata (nethack, Emacs VC kai GUD modes, xlife kai alla) poy paramenoyn se eyreia xrhsh ews shmera. Nomiza pws hjera pws eixan ginei ol' ayta.
To Linux anetrece polla ap' ayta poy nomisa oti hjera. Yposthriza to "Eyaggelio" twn mikrwn ergaleiwn toy Unix, thn grhgorh anaptyjh prwtotupwn kai ton ejeliktiko programmatismo [evolutionary programming] gia xronia. Pisteya, omws, oti yparxei mia sygkekrimenh krisimh polyplokothta panw apo thn opoia apaitountan mia perissotero kentrikh, apriori proseggish. Pisteya oti ta pio shmantiko logismiko (leitoyrgika systhmata kai pragmatika megala ergaleia opws to Emacs) eprepe na xtistoun san ka8edrikoi naoi, prosextika ftiagmenoi apo memonwmenoys eidikous [wizards] h mikres omades apo "magoys" [mages] poy na doyleuoyn se apolyth apomonwsh, xwris na dhmosieuontai oi beta prin thn wra toys.
To styl programmatismou toy Linus Torvalds- prwimes kai ana mikra diasthmata ekdoseis logismikou, metabibaseis toy ka8e ti, anoxh sto zhthma ths eterogenous megalhs anameijhs - htan ekplhjh. Den emoiaze me 8rhskeytiko ka8edriko nao - h koinothta toy Linux emoiaze perissotero me ena megalo fluaro pazari diaforetikwn praktikwn kai proseggisewn (poy symbolizontai me arxeio8hkes [sites] logismikou gia Linux, sta opoia mporei na syneisferei o ka8enas) apo to opoio ena synepes kai sta8ero susthma mporouse na ftiaxtei mono meta apo mia akoloy8ia 8aymatwn.
To gegonos oti ayto to pazari edeixne na doyleuei kai na doyleuei kala, htan ena jeka8aro sok. Ka8ws o kairos pernouse ki egw ma8aina, douleya sklhra oxi mono se sygkekrimena projects, alla kai prospa8wntas na katalabw giati o kosmos toy Linux oxi mono den epefte se sugxysh alla edeixne na dynamwnei synexws, me mia taxuthta poy den thn fantazontan oi arxitektones ka8edrikwn nawn.
Sta mesa toy 1996 arxisa na katalabainw. Moy do8hke h eykairia na dokimasw thn 8ewria moy me thn morfh enos project anoixtou kwdika poy 8a prospa8ousa na 8esw se leitoyrgia me to styl toy pazariou. Etsi ki ekana - kai h epityxia htan megalh.
Sto ypoloipo meros aytou toy ar8roy 8a afhgh8w thn istoria aytou toy project kai 8a to xrhsimopoihsw gia na proteinw kapoies 8eseis gia thn apotelesmatikh anaptyjh programmatwn anoixtou kwdika. Polla apo ayta den ta prwtoema8a mesa apo to kosmo toy Linux, alla 8a doume pws aytos toys dinei ena idiaitero nohma. An eimai swstos stis apoceis moy, 8a sas boh8hsoyn na katalabete ti akribws einai ayto poy kanei thn koinothta toy Linux mia phgh toso kalou logismikou-kai 8a sas boh8hsei na ginetai kai eseis oi idioi pio paragwgikoi._