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Linus speaks at Comdex

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-read dept.

pq writes "CNET, via The NYTimes has this coverage of Linus and his remarks at Comdex. iMacs, Transmeta, Open Source, the 2.4 kernel, Mindcraft, Mozilla, Linux Everywhere(tm) - this has it all. " Also following the keynote, Transmeta's webpage announced Crusoe (we mentioned that last night).

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  1. Why didn't Linus go to work for RedHat? by heroine · · Score: 4

    When Linus graduated, he was asked why he didn't take a job at RedHat devoting his full time to writing the kernel. His response was that he didn't want to be swayed by his employer's interests into decisions that would harm the kernel's functionality. He joined Transmeta to keep his employment completely seperate from his Linux hobby.

    Well what he's doing today is very close to what he wanted to avoid. Transmeta developes an embedded processor. Every time he speeks he chants about getting Linux into embedded systems and today he actually said Linux is more practical for embedded systems than a desktop. You have to wonder how much pressure he experiences working for an embedded systems company to divert his efforts from other kernel improvements to fitting the kernel into Transmeta's agenda.