From: torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds)
 Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
 Subject: What would you like to see most in minix?
 Summary: small poll for my new operating system
 Message-ID: <1991Aug25.205708.9541@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
 Date: 25 Aug 91 20:57:08 GMT
 Organization: University of Helsinki

 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've 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 (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi)

 PS.  Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs.
 It is NOT protable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never
 will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(