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Re: [News] Tanenbaum: Microsoft Paid for Attack on Linus Torvalds

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht 
news:2439115.O7Pejsr7oG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Andrew S Tanenbaum: A couple of years ago this guy called Ken Brown
> | wrote a book saying that Linus stole Linux from me, from Minix,
> | and therefore the intellectual property rights are unclear and
> | therefore companies shouldn't use Linux because I might sue them.
> |
> | It later came out that Microsoft had paid him to do this --
> | and I defended Linus. I wrote on my Web site saying that this
> | guy Brown came through, visited me and I gave him the
> | [correct] story.
> `----
>
> http://www.builderau.com.au/strategy/architecture/soa/Interview_with_Dr_Andrew_S_Tanenbaum/0,339028264,339273224,00.htm
> http://tinyurl.com/3c78xz
>
> This is a new interview (not the one posted yesterday).

It didn't help in any case. Linux is now the dominant server operating 
system. I'm pretty baffled why Linux vendors haven't declared 'World 
Dominance.' in this area. 



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