Those who are serious Linux followers, please add you thoughts as to what Linus from scratch, what changes he made ( he talks about minix as a comparison )  and how then did the process take off. Was it just because of AT compatible computers that saw linux become what it is? I know I can get the info but am depending on those who are hard core linux to share their views. :-)
 
I think this can be an interesting case study to build upon in time to come and would like you to share the journey of understanding and probably looking into his mind as he was at that stage.
 
Rgds.