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Torvalds on Linux and Microsoft
Sniper223 writes with a link to an interview on the Network World site with Linus Torvalds. Linus goes through the usual spiel about stuff like why he released the Linux OS in the first place, and how the future is open source. He also has some interesting commentary on the Microsoft/Novell deal: "I actually thought that whole discussion was interesting, not because of any Novell versus MS issues at all, but because all the people talking about them so clearly showed their own biases. The actual partnership itself seemed pretty much a nonissue to me, and not nearly as interesting as the reaction it got from people, and how it was reported ... I don't actually personally think the Novell-MS agreement kind of thing matters all that much in the end, but it's interesting to see the signs that the sides are at least talking to each other. I don't know what the end result will be, but I think it would be healthier for everybody if there wasn't the kind of rabid hatred on both sides. Some people get a bit too excited about MS, I think. I don't think they are that interesting." An interesting contrast to our earlier conversation.
I've never met anyone that was excited about windows. Open source and windows are going to live side-by-side ?
If you look at the main sections to the left. There is no "windows" or "microsoft" section.
GNU/Linux comes in so many flavours you can get a *nix OS for pretty much anything.
I still use windows, I use *nix's aswell.
But I've always hated windows.
Parent is a damn dirty hippie.
At the abstract level, I happen to agree. But, I'm a damn dirty hippie, so what do I know?