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If Linux Fails, Blame Jim Zemlin

darthcamaro writes "Everyone asks who runs Linux — to which the normal answer is either Linus Torvalds or 'the community.' But (as Master Yoda once said) — There is another. His name is Jim Zemlin and he is the Executive Director of The Linux Foundation." From the interview linked above: "'I want to be a thousand percent confident that this organization will be around for the next 30 to 50 years because Linux isn't going away,' Zemlin said. 'It's everywhere, and there is no doubt that Linux will be an important platform in the future and we're only at the beginning on the embedded and mobile side. It will be my screwup if we don't have an organization that can help coordinate and grow the development of the Linux platform.'"

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  1. Re:linux sucks by samcan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I will have to ask you to turn in your Nerd credentials.

  2. Re:linux sucks by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Funny

    That makes Linux better than your girlfriend.

  3. The desktop years. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can we blame Jim Zemlin for every year that hasn't been the year of the linux desktop?

    $IsDesktopLinuxYear = false; //this never changes
    while(!$IsDesktopLinuxYear) {

      Slap("Jim Zemlin");
      Sleep(31536000); // omg epic design
    }

  4. Re:linux sucks by r00b · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux is my girlfriend you insensitive clod.

  5. Re:linux sucks by McGiraf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me too, but Windows goes down on me more often.

  6. Re:Not useful in 30 years by dvh.tosomja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Of course, Windows 1.0 and Windows Vista share almost nothing in common.

    It share new font install dialog

  7. Re:Wow, he does think rather highly of himself... by gbjbaanb · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suppose he's going to give it 110% so he can be 1000% confident Linux will be on 500% of all mobile devices.

    I was going to say something else but I've forgotten his name already.

  8. Re:linux sucks by nawcom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows goes down on you? Windows usually locks up on me. Rigor mortis ftw.

  9. Re:linux sucks by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 5, Funny

    atleast she's tight, everytime I've used Windows lately it's been one open hole after another.

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