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Wired Interview with Linus Torvalds

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

Tones125 writes "Wired has a lengthy interview with Linus Torvalds contrasting the tedium of his humble life with his superhero cult status, and also briefly mentioning his take on the SCO mess, Richard Stallman and John "maddog" Hall. My favourite quote: "He jokingly refers to himself as Linux's hood ornament"."

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  1. Re:Stallman declined to be interviewed ... by ciaran_o_riordan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Stallmans' time is in great demand, he has to turn down stuff regularly. So he turns down media sources that don't bother to get their info straight. That's a reasonable criterion.

    > unless the article used "GNU/Linux" instead of "Linux" throughout

    I'm sure he only required that the term "GNU/Linux" be used for the operating system. The journalist decides what he's going to focus on, it seems he's focusing on Linus. Calling the OS GNU/Linux, can't change this.

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