30.3.1994. An important date for Linux. Finnish language.

“There aren’t enough swear-words in the English language, so now I’ll have to call you PERKELEEN VITTUPÄÄ just to express my disgust and frustration with this crap.”

(Linus, to a unlucky developer) XD

Translation:

Presenter: I welcome you to the Linux operating system unveiling event.

Linus: Why do we make this kind of Unix? Especially in this kind of university environment, (because) there are these kind of Unixes available, even for PCs but their price level is very high.

For instance when you buy DOS for your home PC for around 200 marks buying Unix for your home computer can easily cost 20 000 marks, which is for a student a-bit-too-much.

Try to go to you local PC shop and ask if they sell SCO Unix… They will look at you and say, HELL NO!

As a matter of fact, it’s much easier to code it yourself.

(Mark was the old currency of Finland. 6 Finnish marks were equal to 1 EUR when Finland joined the EU.)