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Linus Torvalds about SCO, IP, MS and Transmeta
strmcrw writes " San Jose Mercury News has an interview with Linus. He talks about about SCO vs IBM and gives his opinion on Microsoft. He also shed light on his decision to leave chip maker Transmeta for a Linux corporate software consortium, the Open Source Development Lab."
But some troll probably has a copyright on that kind of messages...
But still I wait...and watch...and pounce
1 It will soon be illegal because of SCO and DMCA
2 GPL is anti-capitalist (use bsd instead)
3 Its hard to use (Gnome for example hide all the features that make it useable in its secret gconf database)
4 Its unstable (2.2 is the exception, but unless you apply about 1000 patches and backports its too old to be useful)
5 The software sucks (Openoffice, *puke* at the bloat)
6 The UI is inconsistent (read : gnome file dialog)
7 You have to type commands (None in windows since 95)
8 It doesn't run Windows programs (wine dosen't count)
9 You cannot buy a computer with Linux (Lindows at walmart dosen't count)
10 Linux companies are going out of bussiness (Mandrake for example)
11 RMS is a communist arsehole (note the arse)
12 High total cost of ownership
13 Too many distros
14 Un-american (American software sucks anyway)
15 Its not from microsoft (Therefore it does not have a monopoly in order to succeed)
16 Poor security track record (look at the kernel change logs)
17 Anyone and their 14 year old brother can add (buggy) code (and yes, it DOES sneak through CVS)
18 Even BeOS was better (try it and you will see te light)
19 Eugenia doesn't like it (she dosen't like anything actually)
20 It SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! (-1, flamebait dosen't change this)
...are almost as bad as the /. editors:
"Linux creator an open source"
Your use of your first post opportunity was extremely ghey. You screeeeeeeeeam lame, girlfriend! Please go and learn to WORK IT GOOD, GIRL before you waste another chance like this.
Mmmmm-hmmm!
I know you're a troll, but man.. dont you feel embarrassed? I know you know who he is but still.. post a pic of some guys asshole or make fun of taco, but to ask who linus torvalds is, trolling or not, is just plain stupid. i pity you
i like turtles.
Ahrrgh, analogies....
Why o why does everybody and their grandma have to resort to analogies, btw should it be a bicycle or lyxury car(Linus said car...)? Suppose that is depending of what got stolen by whom(ref to SCO analogy).
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Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
RMS, is that you?
I metamod all negative moderations as unfair!
FIGHT THE ABUSE!
Burnin down teh house!
Oh...you're serious...
In that case...::clears throat::
How dare you judge someone based on their preference of a tv show? Why can I say that I'm a fan of the Simpsons without anyone drawing any conclusions, but the moment I mention I'm a fan of star trek I'm accused of not quite being able to differentiate fantasy and reality? Why am I accused of being a nerd because I watch a show with technobabble? But all of this is insignificant next to your biggest mistake. HOW DARE YOU SPELL "PHASERS" WITH A 'Z'?????
Furthermore, there's no "nerd" setting on a phaser. A type II phaser has 16 settings, which range from stun to high levels of heat which can actually vaporize human beings. It has not been shown in any of the star trek episodes of any series that nerds suffer the effects of any phaser setting differently.
Now...::takes a deep breath::...let me give you an advice. If you can't handle the nerdiness, don't browse "news for nerds"
Warning: Opinions known to be heavily biased.
ROTFLMFAO
-1 Uncomfortable Truth
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Convertibles and scarfs dont mix!
Someone already died this way!
Then again the catholic religion suggested that the earth only existed for 6,000 years
If you check the facts, you'll find it was Bishop Ulster of Armagh, England. That means he was Protestant, probably Anglican. Not Catholic.
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.
--E.C. Stanton
Hello.
This is offtopic but:
I am not a Catholic/Christian and do not follow the regigion of Christianity but I must take you up on your post.
"Then again the catholic religion suggested that the earth only existed for 6,000 years. I guess there is a line, in both situations, between provable fact and opinion"
If they suggested, let them suggest. What proof is there otherwise? There is only the suggestion of physics... is it not equally plausible the world spontaneously existed 6000 years ago as the big bang spontaneously occured however long ago, or any other opinion.
We are only what we think we are... the world around us does not exist in a way other than our perception of it, and there can be no proof other than belief in yourself. Even your memory is in the past, it can change... maybe you didn't exist 5 minutes ago and have had memories implanted?
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and an idiot aswell!
It was built on a minix system . Thats like saying since I wrote by programm and compiled it on linux then it is borrowing code for linux. It was based on minix in the sense that it was designed to replicate a number of the same functionality (and from my understanding replace minix and teach Linus how to code 386 assembly) .
THAT'S NOT THE REAL ALEX
Could this be modded up? I think this is the perfect forum for dick-talk. Now that we've established who's got the prettiest, can we finally talk size here?
I think, therefore I am...I think.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Linus' book, "Just for Fun," he says that he was influenced quite a bit by Andy T's book on OS design with Minix. And having read as much of that book as I could in the few hours I had a copy, I recall there being a lot of Minux source in it. So... I'd really think that he did have access to at least some of the Minux code when he wrote Linux.
You worked on that a while, didn't you? :-)
Funny +++++1
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
Indeed there is a perception...
But your suggestion a bus hits me implies one lives one's life differently if they consider other possibilities.
One lives one's life as best pleases them (giving to charity is a selfish action etc etc). Self preservation is one of these 'constraints' we usually follow by to live our lives, for what ever reason. So if walking under a bus may end our life, this self preservation preference will rule over our actions.
We are a function of our beliefs and our belief in our constraints, which may be real for our existence. Or not. Who knows?
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If something is not alive, it must be dead, no?
And how can we prove it is alive? If we cannot, then death must be a possbility.
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Lord in heaven... Do you ever get laid?
I've finally had it: until slashdot gets article moderation, I am not coming back.
The goatse store.
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