Re: Linus is not the Linux father - Said MSFT Alexis de TocquevilleInstitution

From: Marcos D. Marado Torres
Date: Fri May 21 2004 - 21:00:13 EST


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On Wed, 19 May 2004, Rob Couto wrote:

> > Its seems to be a good discussion topic for me.
> > I want to know how the Linux community reacts to this kind of marketing
> > over the net and how can the subscribers be affected.
> > I really want to know Linus's opinion about this.
> > Cheers,
> > Martin
>
> more wetware cracking = more ignorant people being led around. someone should
> issue a press release about carefully prepared press releases that do
> something similar to stack smashing, but in brains.

Well...

After Linus saying that the real creators of Linux are "the Tooth Fairy and
Santa Claus" ( http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44851.htm ), Andy Tanenbaum
wrote Some Notes on the "Who wrote Linux" Kerfuffle
( http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/ ) and today made a follow-up
(http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/brown/followup/ ) telling what were the motivations
of Ken Brown, President of the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.

Interesting readings...

Anyway, I think this is kind of an off-topic theme for this Mailing List.

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