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Torvalds Tells All

Posted by michael on Wednesday October 10, 2001 @05:17AM from the road-ahead dept.

Eugenia writes: "Linus Torvalds gives an interesting interview to OSNews.com, talking about everything people are wondering about his personal opinions on several matters: on the GNU/Linux naming, the GUIs currently offered for Linux, the kernel 2.6, his plans for hot-plugged devices & drivers, Microsoft, FreeBSD and the future in general."

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Re:Ouch! by keesh · 2001-10-10 05:32 · Score: 1, Troll

RMS is no longer a big name, regardless of what he might wish. GNU has done loads of great work over the years, but sooner or later Stallman has to accept that he's not got the kernel. It's not his, and GNU won't be putting out Hurd. He's done a lot, but it's time for him to take a back seat.