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Linus Torvalds' Benevolent Dictatorship

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

treebeard77 writes "BusinessWeek has posted Linus Torvalds interview ' The creator of Linux says "I can't be nasty" when leading the open-source movement since it's all built on trust and teamwork' "

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  1. Re:Come on Linus, don't go there. by scotch · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    MANY of the programs available through open source is fucking terrible and certainly nothing more than a free knockoff of a Windows/etc counterpart (hell wasn't that the entire point of Linux in the first place)?

    MANY of the programs available on windows and/or from microsoft are fucking terrible. Also, MANY of the programs available on windows and/or from microsoft are certainly nothing more than non-free knockoffs, copies, or borgifications of existing products made by other companies. If you don't think MS or other commercial vendors do their fair share of inspired copying, you need to pull your head out of your ass.

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  2. Re:RMS was quoted as saying by the_mad_poster · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wow. You just proved you know nothing about communism.

    Go look it up and try again.

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