He noted that even though Linux was free, it wouldn't be a viable choice for his students, as they would not be able to afford the expensive hardware required to run it, and that MINIX could be used on "a regular 4.77 MHz PC with no hard disk."
Poznamenal, že aj keď bol Linux zadarmo, nebol by životaschopným výberom pre jeho študentov, keďže by si nemohli dovoliť drahý hardvér, ktorý sa vyžadoval, a že MINIX by mohol bežať na “normálnom 4.77 MHZ PC bez harddisku.”