Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Andrew S. Tanenbaum
Born: March 16, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Andrew Stuart "Andy" Tanenbaum is an American computer scientist living in the Netherlands. He is best known as the author of Minix, a free Unix-like operating system for teaching purposes, and for his computer science textbooks.
Known for:
- Computer Networks (1981)
- Modern Operating Systems (1992)
- Operating Systems: Design and Implementation (1987)
- Structured Computer Organization (1975)