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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. For those of you with eyestrain (like myself) by AKAImBatman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Here's a link to the story in normal colors. There's a reason why some colors are considered "primaries" and others "secondaries".

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  2. Re:Linus' words = gospel... by wikdwarlock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Guilty as charged.

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  3. Offtopic?! by Apathetic1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh come on now. Did whoever modded this offtopic even read the parent post? This is about as on-topic as you can get.

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  4. Mod Parent +Funny by handy_vandal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As long as i have TCP/IP over parrots, i'm fine. I wonder how many times you would have to say http://slashdot.org to a parrot before he can repeat it and pass the message on to the next parrot on the next island.

    Made me laugh!

    -kgj

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  5. Re:Linus' words = gospel... by wikdwarlock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Canadian? Umm...nope :) Corn fed, born-n-raised, Midwestern male here. I included the votefordubbya.ca in one of my posts as an example only.

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  6. Re:RMS was quoted as saying by bman08 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've always liked 'black and bitter' or 'ground up in the freezer'.

  7. Re:OpenBSD by yuri+benjamin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You just gotta develop the dutch thick skin to deal with dutch bluntness. Once you get used to it you'll see it as a virtue.

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