Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 20th Aug 2006 20:03 UTC
Linux If open source were a religion, Linus Torvalds, the Finnish engineer who wrote the core of the operating system that would become Linux, would be its prophet. In 1991, Mr Torvalds created the kernel, or core software, that would eventually be adopted by millions of computer users and lay the foundation for a vibrant open-source community. In an email interview with Red Herring, Mr Torvalds says the increasing focus of venture capitalists and large companies on open source can only be good for a community that, until now, was on the fringes of the commercial realm.
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RE[2]: If it were a religion
by postmodern on Mon 21st Aug 2006 03:58 UTC in reply to "RE: If it were a religion"
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2006-01-27

Honestly? We're talking about a representative of FSF who brought forth the GNU Toolchain and the GPL. Credit where credit is due, you can't bash Stallman that much for not liking DRM.

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