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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. Ah, you have love Linus ... by petabyte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect.

    Just reading that made me smile. Everybody takes this whole MS vs. the world thing so seriously its great someone can sit back and still have fun with it.

  2. Oh, GOD! by PurpleFloyd · · Score: 5, Funny
    When asked about SCO, Linus likens it to a paternity case and has this to say:
    Even though SCO has refused to undergo the technical equivalent of DNA testing, and even though my (and other people's) DNA is probably all over Linux [emphasis mine].
    I feel so... dirty.
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    That's it. I'm no longer part of Team Sanity.
  3. Linus quote: by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So either we should make it a law that all geeks have dates -- I'd have supported such a law when I was a teenager -- or the blame is really on the companies who sell and install the systems that are quite that fragile.

    I second that.

    Both parts.

  4. yeah but by commodoresloat · · Score: 4, Funny

    how many MSCE's does it take to screw in a light bulb?

    None. MS simply declares darkness the new standard.

  5. Open source Dating.... by nlinecomputers · · Score: 4, Funny
    So either we should make it a law that all geeks have dates -- I'd have supported such a law when I was a teenager


    So Linus supports open source dating. Well I can support that but the putting up a girlfriend on CVS for anyone to "contribute" to is just sleezy. On the other hand back in high school there was this girl that might have been the open source poster child...
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  6. Re:Funny by The+Kow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure, but so does the President.. .. ..okay, point taken.

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  7. Diamond Dave by isny · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a minute, I thought David Lee Roth, a.k.a. Diamond Dave, was giving the interview.
    So?? Linus? About this kernel thing? Yow! Are all those distributions guar-ar-ra-ra-ra-ran-teeeeedd... to satisfy?