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>>gorenb+(OP)
2009 might be earliest HN commentary, but MenuetOS dates back to at least 2005 according to the Internet Archive.

https://web.archive.org/web/20051215234548if_/http://www.co....

https://web.archive.org/web/20051030022655if_/http://www.men...

>>1vuio0+EJ
Kinda weird to use IA for this instead of just looking it up on Wikipedia

    Initial release: May 16, 2000; 23 years ago (32-bit)

>>serito+z21
I don't see anything "kinda weird" about that.

>>larvae+t51
It is weird to anyone who didn't grow up being told to not cite Wikipedia as a source of information in any authoritative capacity, being told to instead dig for and cite the original source instead which a tool like Internet Archive is useful for.

Culture shock stemming from a generation gap, I guess.

(Obviously this distinction is not important for most comments here on Hacker News which are just written in passing, but if this was an academical setting you would, presumably and hopefully, get laughed out of the room.)

>>Dalewy+X81
Wikipedia may not be a citable source itself, but it can still be a good place to find links to other sources more reputable.

>>amusin+Hd1
Major life hack. You may not be allowed to cite Wikipedia, but there's nothing stopping you from using wikipedias citations.

Also the whole "don't use Wikipedia" thing is idiotic. There's a bunch of tech illiterate teachers who think Wikipedia is full of misinformation, and impress that view on students. So lots of people think Wikipedia is useless, while in reality it's a fantastic source of information and you can easily find the sources of that information.