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Ken Brown Responds to His Critics

Posted by michael on from the nothing-but-flamebait dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Yes, I know it's getting boring by now, but the truth must be told... the latest Unix celebrity to come forward and criticise Ken Brown/ADTI is Unix pioneer Dennis Ritchie. The gist is that Brown is claiming an 'extensive interview' with Ritchie but this was actually limited to a single email exchange and a follow-up call from one of Brown's lackeys checking one or two facts." Reader markrages writes "Ken Brown (of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution) replies to his critics. Dr. Tanenbaum is an 'animated, but tense individual about the topic of rights and attribution'. The GNU/Linux naming issue also makes an appearance."

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  1. He writes like a tool by CaptainSuperBoy · · Score: 1, Redundant
    The United States is the home of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

    Linux is a leprosy; and is having a deleterious effect on the U.S. IT industry because it is steadily depreciating the value of the software industry sector.

    Ironically, Professor Tanenbaum's recent comments only recapitulate many of the substantive contradictions regarding the early Linux kernel AdTI decided to discuss in Samizdat.

    What an idiot.

  2. About Alexis de Tocqueville's rotational velocity by Linux_ho · · Score: 0, Redundant

    As reported by practically every five-sentence-or-greater biography of the man, Alexis de Tocqueville once observed that "it is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth".

    Apparently Ken Brown feels it's his duty to test this observation.

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