Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Feb 2008 22:47 UTC, submitted by tyrione
Linus Torvalds, leader of the cult of Linux, took a swipe at Apple's OS X and Microsoft Vista in the same breath at a conference in Australia last week. Speaking at the linux.conf.au conference in Melbourne, Australia, a few weeks ago, Torvalds called Leopard 'utter crap' and bashed the proprietary OS makers for being greedy, according to Australian reporter Nick Miller in the The Age. "I don't think they're equally flawed - I think Leopard is a much better system," Torvalds said. "(But) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary." He also scoffed at his rivals' practice of revenue-through-renewal by launching upgrades that require new purchases. "An operating system should be completely invisible," Torvalds said. "To Microsoft and Apple (it is) a way to control the whole environment - to force people to upgrade their applications and hardware."
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2005-11-05
Linux is not a cult and whoever wrote that betrays immaturity. If you don't like what Linus Torvalds says, then don't read him, don't pay attention. Get out more, etc.
You may not agree with what LT says about this or anything else, but he's just as entitled to his views, however eccentric they may seem, as you are. He's also free to be wrong. On this occasion I think he is, but so what.
Besides, it seems to be he makes a rather good point in at least one regard: "An operating system should be completely invisible," Torvalds said. "To Microsoft and Apple (it is) a way to control the whole environment -- to force people to upgrade their applications and hardware." Read that sentence, then recall all the recent arguing bwetween Microsoft and the EU over opening up protocols, or fire up Windows and ask yourself why it doesn't read Linux file formats (without third-party plugins).
Edited 2008-02-07 23:00 UTC