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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:32:18 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com> Date: August 18, 2004 2:00:36 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: Re: [IP] Linus Torvalds interview [Dave: for IP, if you wish] This interview shows that, regarding MSFT, Linus is still in the first stage of problem-solving: denial. For example, when Linus tries to second-guess MSFT's legal position and downplay the importance of their highly-skilled, and battle-proven, legal team in assuring a dominating vendor position. Even though this may sound sacrilegious today, when Linus moves to the second-stage of problem solving and decides to do something about it, it will be imperative for Linux to have alliances with commercial software vendors and patent holders in order to guarantee some level of kernel stability and usability. Linux application developers have done just that for quite some time now. Cheers Ed Gerck David Farber wrote: ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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