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Torvalds: Free OS X Is No Threat To Linux

Posted by timothy on from the craft-brewed-fair-trade-shade-grown-moka-beans-vs-airline-coffee dept.

jfruh writes "Apple is now offering upgrades to the latest version of OS X for free. When Linux inventor Linus Torvalds was asked whether this threatened Linux (presumably by someone who had only a passing knowledge of all the things 'free' can mean when applied to software) it gave him an opportunity for a passionate defense of open source. Torvalds also says that he'll keep programming until it gets 'not interesting,' which hasn't happened yet." The newest version of OS X may be gratis for Apple hardware buyers, but it's notably far from the original, (literally) un-branded sense of "mavericks."

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  1. Wrong Mavericks by Sockatume · · Score: 5, Informative

    The S is in there for a reason.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavericks_(location)

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    No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
  2. Timothy by Desler · · Score: 4, Informative

    The newest version of OS X may be gratis for Apple hardware buyers, but it's notably far from the original, (literally) un-branded sense of "mavericks."

    Good to see that "Timmeh" is just as bone-headed as ever. "Mavericks" is named after the California surf spot not an animal. That's why the default wallpaper and the promo images of the Macs running Mavericks are of a large wave. The keynote introducing Mavericks explained this as well.