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Linus Torvalds To Head Windows 9 Project
An anonymous reader writes "Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, and a champion of free and open source software has finally called it a day and has agreed to join Microsoft as the project head of the upcoming Windows 9 project. According to Bloomberg, Linus will be working on a new Kernel design for Microsoft that will make, usually vulnerable, Windows OS virtually impossible to be infected by viruses and malware."
They want their MS criticism and jokes back.
Finally someone at Microsoft made a good desicion
No no, you have it all wrong. Linus is on the fast track to taking over for Balmer. He's the only one in the tech industry with the temperament for the job.
Except Linus throws wireless printers, not chairs.
Really? Did you miss Theo de Raadt? I imagine Theo throwing chairs with the best of them.
Ballmer? That's not what I heard. According to inside sources, Billy Gates secretly adopted Torvalds. (How do you think he got into this country so easily?) Gates needs a someone with real geek cred to take over as Chairman when he fully retires. He has been grooming Torvalds for this role outside the MS spotlight. Torvalds stands to inherit Gates' fortune and company. His constant criticism of the company is due to him worrying about the shape it will be in when he is finally allowed to take over. Anyone at MSFT that wants a job when that happens better heed his warnings.
the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause