From dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com Wed Jul 19 21:51:30 2006 From: Dinesh Joshi To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linus does not matter to the World anymore ? Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:54:06 +0530 Message-ID: <200607192154.06872@mail.google.com> In-Reply-To: <1e7c46190607190428g1da3e018yc9c9cd3e62f8be39@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7799283108152232185==" --===============7799283108152232185== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Wednesday 19 July 2006 16:58, Nikhil wrote: > well, if you consider enough.. he is there on my list. ;) ;) > > On 7/19/06, Pushparajan V wrote: > > On 7/19/06, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote: > > > On 19 Jul 2006 06:18:00 -0000, Raseel Bhagat > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > > http://siddhesh.tk > > > > > > -- > > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > 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.. > > > > > > -- > > "Life is very short. > > What is the need for living for ourselves? > > Lets live for others. > > Our life will be longer than we believe :-)" > > > > Rajan VP > > > > My Techical Blog > > -- > > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > -- > Nikhil > > Google is Great ! Stop top posting! :/ -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi --===============7799283108152232185==--