From vprajan@gmail.com Wed Jul 19 15:39:10 2006
From: Pushparajan V <vprajan@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 15:42:10 +0530
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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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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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