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Interview With Linus

Posted by Hemos on from the talking-with-the-man dept.

Hairy1 writes " Cisco has an interview with Linus which discusses among other things his thoughts - or rather lack of thoughts - about Windows. When asked about Microsoft he said - "Well, I don't know. I'm actually not a big Microsoft basher... They're very good at marketing. They're very good at trying to see What do we have to do to sell this? The bad part about it is that it does have a huge market share. And that means that it can be lazy, sort of. They don't have much competition on the desktop, which means that they have very little incentive to really fix some of the problems it does have.""

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  1. No doubt! by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... They're very good at marketing.


    I just realized how true this is - My girlfriends mother was visiting this weekend, she has no computer, and indeed has never actually used a computer. She was wondering if Mandrake was Windows XP since she HAD heard of that..

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  2. Re:Here's a mirror by brunes69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you really think CISCO.com is going to be /.'ed enough to need a mirror?

  3. Mirroring google by srichman · · Score: 5, Funny
    might as well mirror google.com while you're at it.
    Yeah, that'd be bad. You mirror them, then they mirror you, then you mirror them mirroring you, ...
    1. Re:Mirroring google by ThatComputerGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ah, since we're on the subject, perhaps you can tell me:

      What the hell is the point of this?

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  4. It's cisco goddammnit by CtrlPhreak · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Cisco, the load balanceing king. Nobody had better see any slashdot effect on this story or we're all doomed.

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  5. Interview I'd like to see by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Are you sick of giving interviews?
    2. Are you sick of being asked the same questions?
    3. Would you rather code, or drink a beer?
    4. ...or do both at the same time?
    5. Do you code better while half-drunk?
    6. Do you code better when fully drunk?
    7. Would you drive a stake through my heart if
    I asked you about microsoft?
    8. ...about Bill Gates?
    9. ...about commercializing Linux?
    10. Do you regret linux's popularity in regards to
    the fact that you've been forced into the
    position of "geek god"
    11. Does RMS get on your nerves as much as he does mine?
    12. If you're ever in tennessee, would you consider hanging out with me? :)
    13. What are the odds of the windows API's ever getting kernal support for running windows apps natively?

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    Linus - if you're out there, answer these questions: Inquiring minds want to know!

  6. Linus is amazing by duffbeer703 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The man has no opinion about anything. What a wimp!

    How does he decide what's for dinner???

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