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Re: [News] Mark Shuttleworth Wants Open Source to Win, Linus Claimed to be Somewhat Apathetic

  • Subject: Re: [News] Mark Shuttleworth Wants Open Source to Win, Linus Claimed to be Somewhat Apathetic
  • From: "[H]omer" <spam@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:34:13 +0100
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Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Don't look to Linus Torvalds for leadership
[...]
> Why can't he be vocal like Shuttleworth?

Oh Torvalds can certainly be vocal when he wants to be, e.g. "I think
Tivoization is *good*". Maybe it's just that Microsoft aren't doing
anything that he disagrees with.

-- 
K.
http://slated.org

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