Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)

— Linus Torvalds, Message, linux-kernel mailing list (1996)

Source: http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610.2/0030.html

A 1996 linux-kernel mailing list message.

Topics: software engineering