____/ Kier on Saturday 25 August 2007 14:49 : \____
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:06:46 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> ____/ Kier on Saturday 25 August 2007 11:59 : \____
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:28:33 +0000, ed wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:24:42 +0100
>>>> Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> An interview with Linus Torvalds:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/080907-torvalds-on-linux-ms-softwares.html
>>>>>
>>>>> "Linus Torvalds was only 22 when he decided in 1991 to share with
>>>>> friends and colleagues the code of Linux, the new OS he had created.
>>>>> The computer science student at the University of Helsinki could not
>>>>> imagine the revolution his decision would cause through the IT
>>>>> industry in the years to come. In this interview, he talks about why
>>>>> he released the code, offers his views on Microsoft and says the
>>>>> future belongs to open source."
>>>>
>>>> When people ask Linus about his views of MS, what are they expecting
>>>> him to say exactly? He's never going to say "oh I hate their
>>>> organisation", that would just be out of character.
>>>
>>> Exactly. Linus seems to have a very sensible, pragmatic view of many
>>> issues, including that of MS.
>>>
>>> I suppose interviewers do feel they have to ask him such things.
>>
>> His response to such question is restrained by his authority. He has to
>> represent a large group. Luckily, unlike Zemlin, he does ask people
>> to "respect Microsoft". There is no reason to respect criminal
>> organisations.
>
> MS is not a criminal organisation, it's a business. Sometimes it does
> things that it shouldn't.
And /that/, given what we know and see in antitrust exhibits, teaches us that
the corporation is run by people who should have been in prison. So my
statement was correct and I'm sticking with it.
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