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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. Sentiments from his book by numLocked · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you found this interview interesting, I would recommend his book (ghost-written, of course), Just for Fun. It's suprisingly light reading.

  2. Kernel Tree Maintainer, not Linux Overlord by Inhibit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Linus is just the maintainer of the general stable tree of the Linux kernel, he's not some kind of Linux czar.

    There's a big difference between rule of an OS with an iron fist and maintainership of a kernel for an OS. Linus does a good job maintaining his project (the Linux kernel), so no one directly forks it.

    Anyway, the article's a interview that ranges over his opinion on some patent issues.. not that you'd realize it from the post.

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