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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. Re:Here is the text... by Bored+Huge+Krill · · Score: 5, Insightful
    can somebody please explain to me why this was modded down? The post makes a perfectly correct, and fair point. I don't see any redundancy in pointing it out *each* and *every* time somebody pulls this crap.

    Please, people, you're giving us a bad name. I wince every time I hear somebody say something like "Linux people don't respect copyrights". I do. Please don't give anybody reasons to think otherwise. Posting copyrighted material here just because "registrations suck" is utterly, completely, inexcusable, and you should be ashamed of yourself if you think it's ok

    Krill

  2. Mod parent up, mod moderator down by jerryasher · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The registration is there because the NYTimes wants it there. The copyright is theirs.

    The GPL depends on copyright.

    Don't infringe on copyright. Fair use is not the reposting of the entire article, especially when the registration makes it plain the NYTimes does not want it reposted.

    And what is with the moderators modding that down?

  3. Re:Linus has a great bottom line by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Sages do not display themselves, therefore they are illuminated.
    They do not define themselves, therefore they are distinguished.
    They do not make claims, therefore they are credited.
    They do not boast, therefore they advance.
    Since, indeed, they do not compete, the world cannot compete with them.

    Loa Tsu, Chapter 22, The Tao Te Ching
    --
    "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
    --Dr.W.Edwards Deming
  4. Re:Downfall of MS by Spackler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Bill and Steve have never shown much ability running a business.

    Ummm, wow. Dude, I'm not crazy about them either. However, if you think that becoming the richest guy in America, and your company has 40 Billion in the bank indicates someone without "ability running a business", you are an idiot. You don't have to like him, and you don't have to like his tactics. However, the end results are EXACTLY what running a business is about. Grow up.