From mnikhil@gmail.com Wed Jul 19 16:55:23 2006
From: Nikhil <mnikhil@gmail.com>
To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linus does not matter to the World anymore ?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:58:12 +0530
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well, if you consider enough.. he is there on my list. ;) ;)

On 7/19/06, Pushparajan V <vprajan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/19/06, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh.poyarekar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 19 Jul 2006 06:18:00 -0000, Raseel Bhagat
> > <raseelbhagat(a)rediffmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/21/technology/10dontmatter.biz2/index.htm
> >
> > Here's what they say about Linus:
> >
> > "t's a testament to the success of Torvalds's open-source ideas that
> > he's on this list at all. His Linux operating system is fast, cheap,
> > and out of control - and that's entirely by design. While Torvalds
> > still oversees any changes made to the innermost core of Linux, most
> > of the innovation is now done by others, and commercial businesses
> > like Red Hat and Novell increasingly steer its future. Although he can
> > claim credit for popularizing one of the most powerful ideas ever to
> > sweep through the software industry, Torvalds's project has matured to
> > such an extent that it's largely outgrown its illustrious creator."
> >
> > Has Linux really outgrown Linus? He still seems to exercise a lot of
> > control to try and keep the kernel slim. The recent COW vs vmsplice()
> > debate for example. Here it is:
> >
> > http://kerneltrap.org/node/6506
> >
> >
> > Siddhesh
> >
> > PS: Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) of Slashdot is also on that list.
> >
> > --
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> >
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> >
> Hi...,
>
> where is Richard Stallman..?... he is who popularized open source and the
> founder of GNU and FOSS.. but he is not there on any of the list..
>
>
> --
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> What is the need for living for ourselves?
> Lets live for others.
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>
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