Torvalds on Linux, MS, software's future
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| CW: Didn't you fear you would lose intellectual property when you released
| Linux?
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| Torvalds: I didn't think in those terms (and still don't). It was never about
| intellectual property, it was about all the effort I had put in, and it was
| about the project being something personal. But yes, I was a bit worried that
| as a totally unknown developer in Finland, somebody would decide to just
| ignore my license, and just use my code and not give back his changes. So it
| worried me a bit. On the other hand, what did I really have to lose?
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/080907-torvalds-on-linux-ms-softwares.html
Q&A: Jonathan Schwartz on Sun's open-source business strategy
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| Sun is rising, and open source is the driver behind its rebirth.
|
| Jonathan is an executive who sincerely believes in open source as a
| fundamental business-model advantage, and not as a cheap complement to throw
| to the community in order to drive sales of "the real value." It's not a
| marketing gimmick with him. It's a strategy for winning. Jonathan, despite
| wearing a tie when we met, clearly understands the importance of community
| before commercial. Or, rather, he understands that community leads to
| commercial success.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9757417-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog
Related:
Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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| [Linus:] Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3" Linus is
| quite pessimistic about Sun's commitment to open source: "So
| they want to use Linux resources (_especially_ drivers), but
| they do *not* want to give anything back especially ZFS, which
| seems to be one of their very very few bright spots).
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http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118166350928468&w=2
Sun CEO: "Proprietary"...did more damage to sun than any market downturn
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| Sun has discovered the exact same thing. Freedom sells. Or, rather,
| services around freedom sell. The freedom itself is, well, free.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/04/sun_ceo_proprie.html
Linus Torvalds: Microsoft Just Made Up The Number
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| I really cannot speak for Microsoft. I suspect they are noticing that
| they have a hard time competing on technical merit or price and are
| trying to muddy the waters.
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http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/fullnews.asp?edid=20044
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