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BBC Interviews Linus Torvalds

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

chrisseaton writes "The BBC has an interview with Linus Torvalds. It's a little thin, but good to see something like this in a decent mainstream news source."

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  1. Wonderful by chainrust · · Score: 0, Troll

    Finally, mainstream news is recognizing the *real* god of computers, not good ol' Billy Gates.

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  2. Exactly by ekrout · · Score: 1, Troll
    "People may hate Windows but they run it despite that because, quite frankly, they don't care about computers." -- Linus Torvalds, speaking to the BBC
    Exactly. Computers aren't the all-consuming hobbies/professions/religions that they are for most Slashdot members.

    The reason that I feel Linus' desktop market share will continue to erode is because it's not the best product out there right now, whether you'd like to believe that or not. The everyday person doesn't even know that software has licenses, so they just use what's on their computer and learn to live with it.

    And, unfortunately for some of you, the Windows family of operating systems are growing increasingly easy to live with now that they're actually stable, well-written, often-updated and improved, pieces of software.

    So you heard it from the horse's mouth: don't push your religion on others, use Linux if you want to.

    Those of you who claim to be so enamored with your machines should take a look in the mirror and figure out where all that anger's coming from. Chances are the root of it stems from trying to turn Linux and the second-rate programs written for it into a desktop OS. Doing such a thing is like when your teenage son puts a fart can and RS stickers on his 1988 Honda Civic -- he may have good intentions, but everyone knows what's under the hood.

    Linux isn't ready for the desktop and may never be. Mac OS X is ready for the desktop, and the amazing software programs and hardware devices that it supports is truly amazing.
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  3. Re:OT: Re:Can you imagine RMS giving the interview by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Troll

    (* A troll is someone who says divisive or combative statements that they don't really believe, just to induce a flamewar. *)

    I don't think that is the common use. It generally means a "pest" who is hellbent to get their opinion across.

    In that sense RMS *is* a troll.

    BTW, the tuxedo.org jargon link you gave seems to have problems. Tux is sick?

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