Torvalds: Stick to C for kernel coding
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| "We have certain rules for what we expect [from] our programmers", Torvalds
| told ZDNet.com.au, "The kernel is about low level stuff, and C, for the
| kernel, is the right language."
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds-Stick-to-C-for-kernel-coding/0,130061733,339285844,00.htm?feed=rss
Also new:
Torvalds: Contributors' boss is not my concern
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| Linus Torvalds has revealed he sometimes doesn't even know those involved in
| Linux work for.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds-Contributors-boss-is-not-my-concern/0,130061733,339285788,00.htm
Related and recent:
Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents
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| "...They have been sued for patents by other people, but I don't think
| they've -- not that I've gone through any huge amount of law cases -- but I
| don't think they've generally used patents as a weapon," Torvalds said. "But
| they're perfectly happy to use anything at all as fear, uncertainty and doubt
| in the marketplace, and patents is just one thing where they say, 'Hey, isn't
| this convenient? We can use this as a PR force.'"
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft's recent work around improving its platform's interoperability with
| Linux left Torvalds largely unmoved.
|
| "I think there are people inside Microsoft who really want to improve
| interoperability and I also think there are people inside Microsoft who would
| much rather just try to stab their competition in the back," he said. "I
| think the latter class of people have usually been the one[s] who won out in
| the end, but -- so I wouldn't exactly trust them."
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/020408-torvalds-microsoft-is-bluffing-on.html
Recent:
The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare
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| Boeing and the Army said they chose not to use Microsoft's proprietary
| software because they didn't want to be beholden to the company. Instead,
| they chose to develop a Linux-based operating system based on publicly
| available code.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/23/AR2008012303695.html
French police deal blow to Microsoft
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| The French paramilitary police force said Wednesday it is ditching Microsoft
| for the free Linux operating system, becoming one of the biggest
| administrations in the world to make the break.
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http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU4Lq7tOR_WVOJLZ3IeRaIH03x6w
Nortel considers Linux desktops for its staff
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| Nortel CIO Steve Bandrowczak, who joined the Canadian telecoms and network
| equipment vendor last July, said "more and more CIOs are looking at Linux
| desktop for reasons of TCO" and argued that the technology "is receiving the
| same level of attention today as when Linux started on servers."
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http://www.mbtmag.com/articleXml/LN731846314.html
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