Linus Torvalds on Open Source: 'A Much Better Way to Do Things'
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| Linux really wouldn't have gone anywhere interesting at all if it hadn't been
| released as an open source product. I also think that the change to the GPLv2
| from my original "no money" license was important, because the commercial
| interests were actually very important from the beginning. The commercial
| distributions were what drove a lot of the nice installers and pushed people
| to improve usability. You need a balance between pure technology and the
| kinds of pressures you get from users through the market.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60052.html
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The Grill: Linus Torvalds in the Hot Seat
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| The Finnish creator of Linux says open-source software isn't really an
| anti-Microsoft movement; it's just a better model for getting the job done.
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| Microsoft and Novell last year announced a partnership for the
| interoperability of Windows and SUSE Linux. Some analysts are saying this
| kind of agreement is positive for consumers and can help popularize Linux. Do
| you agree? [Linus:] I don’t know. I don’t actually think the Novell-Microsoft
| agreement matters all that much in the end, but I think it would be healthier
| for everybody if there wasn’t the kind of rabid hatred on both sides. I’d
| rather just worry about the technology. The market will take care of itself.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=89&articleId=303905&intsrc=hm_topic
Interview with Dr Andrew S Tanenbaum
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| 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.
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| 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.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/strategy/architecture/soa/Interview_with_Dr_Andrew_S_Tanenbaum/0,339028264,339273224,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/3c78xz
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux
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| LT: We really don't expect to need to go to a 3.0.x version at all: we've
| been very good at introducing even pretty big new features without impacting
| the code-base in a disruptive manner, and without breaking any old
| functionality.
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| That, together with the aforementioned lack of a marketing department that
| says "You have to increase the version number to show how good you are!" just
| means that we tend to just improve everything we can, but you're not likely
| to see a big "Get the new-and-improved version 3!" campaign.
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http://apcmag.com/7012/linus_torvalds_talks_about
Torvalds attacks Microsoft over open source
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| Microsoft is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt among open source users,
| Linus Torvalds said in an interview published last week.
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| Microsoft could offer no response to Torvalds' comments at the time of
| writing.
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http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62030790,00.htm
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
Interview with Linus Torvalds
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| We can’t start without a question: does Linux infinge Microsoft patents?
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| As far as we know, the answer is a resounding “no”, and it’s all
| just MS trying to counter-act the fact that they have problems
| competing with Linux on a technical side by trying to spread FUD.
|
| [....]
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| What do you think about Novell and Microsoft’s agreement? Which future
| developments will produce? And what about Red Hat’s events?
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| I really don’t care. You’re asking all these marketing and
| company questions, and the thing is, I’m not at all into it. I’m
| totally uninterested. What I’m into is the technology, and working
| together with people.
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http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/
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