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Interview with Linus Torvalds from NYT Magazine

Posted by michael on from the geeks-need-dates dept.

aelfric35 writes "David Diamond drills Linus on topics from filesharing (sharing is good) to SCO (trying to claim paternity on his child) to his rivalry with Bill Gates (doesn't care enough to be a nemesis) in next week's New York Times Magazine."

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  1. Doesn't care enough - exactly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    What's Linus done for the world? _________

    What's Bill Gates done for the world? __http://www.gatesfoundation.org____

    1. Re:Doesn't care enough - exactly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Dear whoever you are who marked my post flaimbait: Fuck you. This wasn't flamebait, it's how I really feel: What charities have benefitted from Linux, and for how much money?

      Oh and before you answer that question I'll say that no, installing it for free on their PCs doesn't count as benefit - I'm talking about money via donations to their actual causes.

      But hey, as long as YOU don't have to pay for software, right?

  2. small joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How many Linux dorks does it take to screw in a light bulb?

    0. Not only would Linux dorks scoff at the idea of using an accepted standard, but they prefer to be in the dark anyway, bathed only in the light from their computer monitor as they spend yet another Friday night alone.

  3. Crackpipe Moderators by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    How is this a troll?

    Stop linking to stories that we have to register to see, or provide us Google News links which do NOT require the registration.

  4. Re:Awesome line by Kevin+DeGraaf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How in the damned hell was that flamebait?!?

    --
    We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.
  5. Microsoft/Technology... by ProtonMotiveForce · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    First, Linus is a great guy and all and he has undeniably changed the face of computing, almost single-handedly. This is true.

    However, his denigration by disinterest tactic towards Microsoft is a little trite. Saying they are (to paraphrase) technologically boring is disingenuous. You may not agree that they have the best technology, or you may not like proprietary software (this is the real truth).

    But Microsoft is a technological leader, period. They _also_ cater to the lowest common denominator. True. But they also come out with some good shit.

    Did they invent it _all_? No. People over-simplify and say .NET is Java, for example. It's really not - it's much more. But it's not a completely unique idea.

    What gets me is that this guy has the sheer _balls_ to write a Unix clone, and then go on to say that Microsoft is not technologically interesting.

    Seriously - that's some real balls. That's like 98 Degrees' lead singer saying Justin Timberlake isn't musically talented. Really, you Finnish bastard, get a fucking clue.

  6. Linus to World: by ProtonMotiveForce · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I wrote a Unix clone.

    Microsoft is not technologically interesting.

    Put that in your pipe and smoke it, you fuckers!

    [Meaning, does anybody smell any irony in here?]

  7. FFS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If Linus farted, you'd all be rushing to bottle it and wear it around your neck.

    I like Linux as much as the next fan, but the Linus cult has been played to death.