From dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com Wed Jul 19 21:51:30 2006
From: Dinesh Joshi <dinesh.a.joshi@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 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 <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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > 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
> >
> > <a href="http://deadend.wordpress.com">  My Techical Blog </a>
> > --
> > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
>
> --
> Nikhil
>
> Google is Great !

Stop top posting! :/

-- 
Regards,
Dinesh A. Joshi


--===============7799283108152232185==--