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."
他补充，虽然 Linux是免费的，但这并不能成为他学生的选择，学生也负担不起运行它所需昂贵硬件，而Minix在一台“没有硬盘的4.77 MHz PC”上就能使用。