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The Riches of Open Source

Posted by michael on from the filthy-lucre dept.

Daniel Dvorkin writes "This BusinessWeek article argues convincingly that Linus Torvalds has more resources at his disposal than Bill Gates. Not only is it a nice overview of Why Open Source Really Matters pitched to a non-technical audience, but it makes a solid argument in favor of OSS in general and Linux in particular, from a solidly capitalist perspective."

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  1. It's a wonderful life by spidergoat2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure that Linus has more friends than Bill Gates anyway.

    1. Re:It's a wonderful life by nyet · · Score: 5, Funny

      >People who have insane amounts of drive and passion for life and their work (like Bill Gates) have plenty of friends.

      Nope. I have first hand accounts that Bill Gates is a pariah at parties and social events. He mostly sits in the corner alone because nobody will talk to him.

  2. Slavery is illegal, so... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates has to pay people to work for him. Linus does not. Advantage: Linus.

    1. Re:Slavery is illegal, so... by Uma+Thurman · · Score: 5, Funny

      I've been jacking off for 10 years while all you people wrote me an operating system. Thanks!

      Advantage: furious masturbator

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  3. Linus is my Shepherd by kallisti777 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The open source community is, according to the article, "a vast flock of very creative, un-sheeplike sheep".

    I have little to add to that... it's just a great line. Beware of getting fleeced by SCO. ;-)

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  4. Obligatory mantra to Torvalds by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Our PC GOD Torvalds, which art in Transmeta^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H OSDL
    Hallowed be thy skillz
    Thy kernel comes, in the US and all the earth
    Give us this day our daily updates.
    And forgive us our holes, as we apply thine patch.
    And lead us not into closed source, but deliver us from Microsoft.
    For thine is the kernel, the skillz, and the leetness for ever and ever. Amen.

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