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Torvalds Wants Attackers To Join Linux Before They Turn To the "Dark Side" (eweek.com)

darthcamaro writes: People attack Linux everyday and Linus Torvalds is impressed by many of them. Speaking at the Open Source Summit in LA, Torvalds said he wants to seek out those that would attack Linux and get them to help improve Linux, before they turn to the 'dark side.' "There are smart people doing bad things, I wish they were on our side and they could help us," Torvalds said. "Where I want us to go, is to get as many smart people as we can before they turn to the dark side. We would improve security that way and get those that are interested in security to come to us, before they attack us," he added.

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  1. Re:Admirable goal, but... by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Funny

    Also no reason to completely write off the dark-side folks, sometimes they see the light and come around.

    And sometimes they just cut your hand off using a saber made of "light".

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