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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:Sentiments from his book by MrsPReDiToR · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So interesting that this sceptical wife of an uber geek bought it for the hubby as a christmas present, read it herself and now only uses open source software. I even find open office to be far more practical than Microsoft. Oh and not to mention Ive had no spyware problems since switching. So this may all be old news to the confirmed geeks out there but if the wife is saying "yeah yeah" when you bang on about how good Linux etc is pass her the book. Humour and intelligence, the two things GUARANTEED to work on a woman!

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  2. actually you're wrong on one part of that point... by Narcocide · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ever actually READ an EULA on a piece of commercial software? its a lot of really complicated legal text saying just that; they're not responsible for anything the software does to your computer. the *microsoft* EULAs usually also say you're legally bound to keep your mouth shut about anything bad the software does to your computer. i'm not joking. read one sometime.

  3. Re:RMS was quoted as saying by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The difference is that if you don't like this dictatorship you can copy everything useful from it (except the manpower) and go dig your own sandbox and fill it with a copy of the sand from the other one. Now all you need is more kids to play with... The problem with dictatorships is that a> they can prevent people from leaving the sandbox and b> all the other sandboxes are already full of children who will resist your attempts to kick them out.

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  4. Re:Pirate King by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    With the pirates, though, mutiny was rare, even if the captain was an evil malevolant tyrant. No matter what he did, mutiny was worse. Mutiny is the worst crime you can commit on the high seas.

    Word got out that you took part in a mutiny, no matter what an asshole Captain Blythe was, you'd never serve on a ship again in your life. Hell, you'd be lucky to pay for passage on one.

    In fact, many of the Bounty mutineers wound up living out their lives on some pacific island, partly because noone would go and pick them up.

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