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Bruce Perens Tells Linus Torvalds To Cool It

Posted by Zonk on from the back-to-your-corners dept.

Eh-Wire writes "Bruce Perens has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Andrew Trigdell's attempt to 'reverse engineer' the proprietary Bitkeeper code management software of Larry McVoy and the ensuing fallout with Linus Torvalds. Not only does he tell Linus Trovalds to 'Cool it!' he also suggests, 'Larry sees conspiracies that don't exist.' Sounds like Bruce is a bit worked up about this."

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  1. An insightful first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Just checking to see if you guys read more than the subject line....

  2. Trovalds by Cruithne · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Google it - google knows whats up.

    Did you mean: torvalds?

  3. De Raadt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is linus channelling theo? is say we get the vatican to exorcise him.
    or has his brain been infested with openbsd flame parasites?
    or we get RMS to debug him.

  4. Re:there's a disturbance in the force by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SlashotDot Reviewer PLEASE MODE THIS UP

    In the Star War Trilogy,

    A child started with good intention, a desire to help bring freedom to all

    He was discovered and trained by a Jedi master. Other has doubts, but the child is a product of the force, the master believe, and he stood firm against doubts from others and instructed his student to take care of this child prodigy.

    He later engaged in many heroics to salvage the galaxy civilizations and a beautiful queen, which he promptly fell in love.

    However, as a master Jedi sensed it, he has a weakness, which will eventually blur his path..

    In this coming months,
    he will be confused, and eventually be seduced by the emperor's persuasion and fallen to the dark side...

    Please watch Star War: The revenge of the Sith

  5. Re:The Register by slashdot.org · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If I write an article using the comparison "this is like the Pope saying 'I don't believe in god'"

    Then you'd be writing a pretty shitty article. I would suggest something more along the lines of "this is like the Pope saying ... not very much at all"

    I mean, (hypothetically) this may be news to you, but the guy kicked the bucket not too long ago and there's been no pyrotechnical experiments at the Vatican of significance since; which pretty definetly means we are sans-pope at the moment.

  6. Steady-o daddy-o by hey! · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Cool it"?

    Do people still talk that way? It made me think of adult metrosexual dancers trying to play street punks in West Side Story:

    Don't get hot
    'Cause man you got
    Some high times ahead

    Take it slow
    And Daddy-o
    You can live it up and die in bed

    --
    Post may contain irony: discontinue use if experiencing mood swings, nausea or elevated blood pressure.
  7. furthermore by hitchhacker · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Michael Jackson was trying to tell us he's "bad" way back in the 80's...
    It's not his fault no one believed him.

    -metric