Open source software and the future of the world
,----[ Quote ]
| Torvalds has been to Linux.conf.au and Torvalds has spoken. During a
| wide-ranging interview the Linux founder speculated on the future of hardware
| and the control that open source offers vendors. The ramifications of this
| are remarkable. Come hear the word of Torvalds.
`----
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16478/1141/
Quote for the day:
"Windows 98 without Internet Explorer 4 is a working operation system and
Internet Explorer 4.0 is not an vital part of Windows 98."
--Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
A lot of people are talking at the moment about Linus' remark that Mac OS X
is "utter crap". He annoyed some Mac users.
Recent:
Q and A with Linus Torvalds
,----[ Quote ]
| Q: What do you think about the regular hype about the release of a new
| version of Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X?
|
| A: An o/s should never have been something that people (in general) really
| care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying
| f*** about it except the technical people.
`----
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/q-and-a-with-linus-torvalds/2008/02/05/1202090403120.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Linus Torvalds: patents “have no real value”; Microsoft is “convicted
monopolist”
,----[ Quote ]
| Paula notes that Linus said during his podcast that the U.S. patent system is
| broken, and that patents have no real value, except as tools to inflict fear.
`----
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=3162
Torvalds pans Apple with 'utter crap' putdown
,----[ Quote ]
| Apple's much-touted new operating system, OS X Leopard, is in some ways worse
| than Windows Vista, says the founder of the Linux open source project, Linus
| Torvalds.
`----
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/utter-crap-torvalds-pans-apple/2008/02/05/1202090393959.html
|
|
