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Linus Calls Microsoft Hatred "a Disease"
Hugh Pickens writes "In the aftermath of Microsoft's recent decision to contribute 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community, Christopher Smart of Linux Magazine talked to Linus Torvalds and asked if the code was something he would be happy to include, even though it's from Microsoft. 'Oh, I'm a big believer in "technology over politics." I don't care who it comes from, as long as there are solid reasons for the code, and as long as we don't have to worry about licensing etc. issues,' says Torvalds. 'I may make jokes about Microsoft at times, but at the same time, I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease. I believe in open development, and that very much involves not just making the source open, but also not shutting other people and companies out.' Smart asked Torvalds if Microsoft was contributing the code to benefit the Linux community or Microsoft. 'I agree that it's driven by selfish reasons, but that's how all open source code gets written! We all "scratch our own itches." It's why I started Linux, it's why I started git, and it's why I am still involved. It's the reason for everybody to end up in open source, to some degree,' says Torvalds. 'So complaining about the fact that Microsoft picked a selfish area to work on is just silly. Of course they picked an area that helps them. That's the point of open source — the ability to make the code better for your particular needs, whoever the "your" in question happens to be.'"
Microsoft "stole" nothing. Every thing they have was given to them voluntarily for something else in exchange. Not a shot was fired. If you have a complaint, take it up with the people who make it difficult to use an alternative... like your bank possibly, or the tax man. Microsoft has done nothing out of the ordinary in this market economy. Don't be playing the victim.
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> Microsoft "stole" nothing.
Yeah, they did.
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Actually, we don't consider non-free as a valid choice. That's why there is a GNU/Linux.
If you hate anything so much that you injure yourself or your cause in the process of avoiding it, then yes, you have a disease.
Actually, using and developing Linux is more like trying to stand up to MS's dominance. So, your assertion should really read:
If you hate anything so much that you injure yourself or your cause in the process of standing up to it, then yes, you have a disease.
So, everyone who fought against the Nazis in WW2 had a disease, then?
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I don't hate Microsoft just for the sake of hating them. I hate them because they are shitfuckers. :)
You know how Windows file copy will choke on one file out of a bunch, shit all over itself, and abort halfway through, and you have to go download a file-copying utility because their operating system apparently can't copy files? It's because they are ass-cock fuckshits.
You know how stuff on XBOX costs more or less, rather than the exact amount of points you can buy, so that every time you get something you end up giving Microsoft an interest-free loan? That's because they are Dickbreath McCockSlurpers.
You know how they bought Bungee, a...well, THE Mac game developer, and then Halo never came out for Mac? Well, Microsoft has an excuse for that one, it's because they are fuckers who can't do anything right except act like assholes.
You know how they have the inverse Midas touch, where anything gold they touch turns into shit? It's because they're a little distracted, what with all the time they spend giving hand-jobs in dirty restrooms for crack.
So, remember, don't hate Microsoft just for the sake of hating them. Hate them for the right reasons, like the fact that they could fuck up a wet dream.
I use Windows... like a two dollar wh.. why don't I just go ahead and not finish that sentence.
If hating Microsoft is sick, I don't wanna be healthy!
Linus is naive and ignoring Microsoft's history.
Oh right. We only WISH he were dead. Damn.
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It's not a question of freedom. If MS's stuff worked half as well as unix I wouldn't care. But I hate MS like I hate Ford. My experiience with their products has been overwhelmingly negative.
Just an observation...
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I use Linux and have an nVidia card. Last I checked, nVidia didn't charge me anything for the drivers. They are free; free as in beer. They're not Open Source, so you might not consider them free as in speech, but they most definitely are free as in beer.
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