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Linus Retiring from Kernel Dev
looflirpa writes "Here is a post from Linus Torvalds. Seems like he has had enough linux for now, and is searching for a new
leader for the linux kernel development. Certainly a shame, but everybody knew that this
had to happen, sooner or later" This also is your chance to voice who should
take the reins from the kernel's originator.
And in recent news, Bill Gates has left Microsoft concentrate his efforts on OpenBSD. Bill Gates is generously donating his full-time efforts to this project and no extra charge. The reason cited is that he was "sick of all the evil in the closed-source world, and he wanted to stop being viewed as Satan's right-hand-man." Ironically, the mascott of BSD is a devil... April Fools! Hahahahohohoheeheehee. I crack myself up... oh wait, no one else is laughing... [Slashdot crew finally gets it and stops posting april fools "jokes"] Please, refrain from violently sodomizing the dead horse.
Ok, this first post modded to 5 is the funniest thing I've seen this April Fools Day. I truly laughed my ass off when I saw that.
bbh
Am I even bothering to hit the refresh button in the vain hope that there will actually be some news on here today? I know there must be some in here somewhere, but today I can't be bothered clicking on source links and reading far enough to try to ascertain what is real and what is 4/1 trash. I'm outta here until tomorrow.
Laws affecting technology will always be bad until enough techies become lawyers.
If you read the mail thread, you'll see that the mail headers were forged, and this message actually originated in Russia.
It was someone's joke, but not Linus's.