Comment by Jare

And maybe the only person to ever successfully troll Linus Torvalds and then get an apology from him (ok just an excuse to link the epic debate in [1]).

Thanks Mr. Tanenbaum, your various works have been a huge inspiration as well as incredibly interesting to read or tinker with.

[1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/comp.os....