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Torvalds on Where Linux is Headed in 2008
Stony Stevenson writes "In an interview at the ITNews site, Linus Torvalds lays out his current excitement about the future of Linux. Torvalds is looking forward to hardware elements like solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualisation despite his personal lack of interest in the area. 'When you buy an OS from Microsoft, not only you can't fix it, but it has had years of being skewed by one single entity's sense of the market. It doesn't matter how competent Microsoft — or any individual company — is, it's going to reflect that fact. In contrast, look at where Linux is used. Everything from cellphones and other small embedded computers that people wouldn't even think of as computers, to the bulk of the biggest machines on the supercomputer Top-500 list. That is flexibility.'"
Well, he went on to explain how he pays no attention to the intellectual property issues. That's certainly a smart line to take. When the lawyers come knocking, they'll have him proper fucked before he even knows his pants are off.
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The thing I love about apple fanboys is the tendency to focus on looks. I care about price and openness. Oh, wait. Rushing to dump scads of money into expensive proprietary hardware is COOL.
I have mod points. The reign of terror begins now.