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One famous flame war was (primarily) between LinusTorvalds and AndrewTanenbaum (a well known cs professor who's written many books about os design, among other topics, as well as writing much of [Minix]).
The first posting is from Tanenbaum, and has the subject "LINUX is obsolete".
It can be found in places on the web - one such place is http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/appa.html
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+The first website decicated to flaming, where Flamewars are encouraged in the interest of passionate and entertaining debate is
+http://www.flamewarforum.com
Here is a brief quote from Linus in his first reply. See if you can spot any hostile language:
;:''Re 2: your job is being a professor and researcher: That's one hell of a good excuse for some of the brain-damages of minix. I can only hope (and assume) that Amoeba doesn't suck like minix does.''
A FlameWar is defined by the manner of discussion, unlike a ReligiousWar, which is defined by the topic of conversation, and these often overlap.
See also ReligiousWar, GodwinsLaw
