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Intel Tools for Thread-Oriented Development on Linux: During the early years of Linux, when it was gaining traction through the work of evangelists, the operating system did not offer significant functionality in support of threading. In part, this was due to a unique threading model initially supported by Linus Torvalds, the driving force behind the Linux project....; Tags: Linus Torvalds, Tool, Intel Corp., Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software; White papers 2008-05-02
The OS should be invisible to the user - Is Torvalds right?: The Sydney Morning Herald has a Q&A with Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds. It's an interesting read, but one part more than any stood out for me: "An o/s should never have been something that people in general really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should...; Tags: Operating System, Kernel, Linus Torvalds, Sydney Morning Herald, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-02-09
Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap': Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap'Torvalds is just saying ....... what thousands of others have stated before. It is not his fault that the file system used by Apple is still in ALPHA and a nightmare to programmers.All you have to do is Google the issue and you...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Programming languages, operating system, Linus Torvalds, HFS+, Linus, Apple Inc., Torvalds; Discussion threads 2008-02-05
Horrors! Linus Torvalds calls HFS+ 'utter crap': In an interview at Melbourne's linux.conf.au conference, Linus Torvalds called the standard file system of Mac OS X "complete and utter crap." Mac fans are only slightly outraged, pointing out that HFS+ isn't really "complete and utter crap," rather, it's just slightly crap-ish. In the Sidney Morning...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, File System, Apple Inc., Linus Torvalds, Leopard, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-02-05
Linus Torvalds: patents "have no real value"; Microsoft is "convicted monopolist": Linus Torvalds: patents "have no real value"; Microsoft is "convicted monopolist"Except you left out...the part where he says big companies like MS are the main targets of patent trolls, and that much of the patenting by these large companies is a defense mechanism for this. This is something I've argued...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Linus Torvalds; Discussion threads 2008-02-04

Linus Torvalds: patents "have no real value"; Microsoft is "convicted monopolist": Wow, Linus Torvalds of Linux fame was really dishing and dealing during a podcast interview released today by the Linux Foundation. On our Open Source blog my colleague Paula Rooney shares with my longtime friend and colleague Dana Blankenhorn, Paula posts some juicy...; Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Linus Torvalds, Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-04
Linus dismisses Microsoft patent threat: In an interview with his boss at the Linux Foundation, Linus Torvalds dismisses the threat Microsoft's patents pose to open source, calling them "a marketing thing." His remarks on patents were in the second part of a two-part interview with Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin. Torvalds...; Tags: Patent, Microsoft Corp., Linus Torvalds, Linus, Zemlin, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-02-04
Torvalds criticizes patent trollers, Microsoft, Sun, virtualization craze: Linux creator Linus Torvalds blasted patent trollers, Microsoft, Sun and the virtualization craze in his second official communiqué to the public. And he said desktop Linux is going nowhere in market share. In a second Q&A podcast posted on the Linux Foundation site, Torvalds told his...; Tags: Desktop, Patent, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linus Torvalds, Torvalds, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-02-04
Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds: Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus TorvaldsGPL IS politicalThe basic problem is that the GPL IS political with a big agenda behind it that puts it squarely at odds with commercial software houses. This creates a confrontation where one does not need to exist. This despite the fact that...; Tags: Linus Torvalds, software, GPL, GPL IS, open source, Free Software Foundation; Discussion threads 2008-01-21
Software emancipation: An open letter to Linus Torvalds: [After years of watching the software industry twist itself in knots trying to differentiate "open" vs. "free" and having to re-invent code simply because it had the wrong comments at the top, I think it's time to put an end to the madness. This promoted me to write the following...; Tags: Software, Linus Torvalds, GPLv2, RSS, Internet, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Is the Linux engine room overheating?: The release of Linux Kernel 2.6.23, discussed by Paula Rooney a few weeks ago, somehow got me into a Star Trek reverie. All good Trekkies know by now that they're casting a new Star Trek movie. British comedian Simon Pegg Shaun of the Dead has been chosen...; Tags: Star Trek, Kernel, Linus Torvalds, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-22
Can Linus pass on his media power?: A few days ago I wrote a piece about how Linus Torvalds wants only to be a programmer, and applauded him for that. (Picture from OregonLive.)It drew some angry response. The implication was that Linus has no choice, he must be the spokesman, that's practically his name on the box.There's...; Tags: Linux, Media, Linus Torvalds, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-08-14
To Linus it's not just business: Paula's piece on Linus Torvalds not doing LinuxWorld hit me at a peculiar time.I was trying to reconcile Sun's current rah-rah support for open source with Linus' posts which continue to show his distrust of the company, leading to Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz' famous dinner invitation.The answer is simple. Linus is...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Programmer, Linus Torvalds, Paula, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-08-10
Torvalds, Red Hat are no shows at Linuxworld: The two biggest names in the Linux industry – Linus Torvalds and Red Hat – skipped out on LinuxWorld again.It's no surprise. Torvalds, the creator and lead developer of the Linux kernel, rarely delivers keynotes or makes public appearances at conferences. His right-hand man, the No. 2 kernel maintainer...; Tags: Linux, LinuxWorld, Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2007-08-09
Are Linus Torvalds, IBM, AMD, others at odds over pushing hardware drivers out of Linux?: Are Linus Torvalds, IBM, AMD, others at odds over pushing hardware drivers out of Linux?You have to remember that Linus is NOT afraid to tell somebody they arestupid. Did you see his video when he was at Google describing git?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8But, I would tend to agree with Linus that full visualization...; Tags: Operating systems, IBM Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., operating system, hardware, Linus, Linux, Linus Torvalds; Discussion threads 2007-08-04
Are Linus Torvalds, IBM, AMD, others at odds over pushing hardware drivers out of Linux?: I can't possibly profess to know what the pros and cons are of pushing hardware device drivers into the hypervisors that support virtualization technologies like those from XEN and VMware. But it's clear from a recent thread over at the Linux Foundation that there's some disagreement amongst experts (including Linus...; Blog posts 2007-08-03
News to know: Ubuntu Server; WinHEC; Windows Home Server; Linus Torvalds: Notable headlines:Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: LAMP On Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Server Edition. Gallery right. Will Dell stuff Ubuntu PCs full of craplets?Mary Jo Foley: At WinHEC the future is off limits for Microsoft. Microsoft attempts to rally more hardware vendors around Rally.Ed Bott: On the road with Vista.InformationWeek: Linus Torvalds Responds...; Tags: General, News to know; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Linus Torvalds surprised by kernel 2.6: Torvalds touts longevity of the current heart of LinuxIn an interview with ZDNet Australia, Linux founder Linus Torvalds explains why the unexpected resilience of kernel version 2.6 has staved off the need for more radical changes.; Tags: Linus Torvalds; Videos 2007-01-23
Torvalds' battle with GPLv3: By all accounts, Linus Torvalds, father of Linux, is mad as hell. I do find it funny that people on the groklaw web site felt it necessary to clean up Torvald's language. We Americans are oddly prudish that way. It's a sharp contrast to my life in Ireland, where...; Tags: GPLv3, Linus Torvalds; Blog posts 2006-08-10
Controversy over GPLv3 draft reflects the 'incompatibility' of DRM with open source: Yesterday, after a long public comment period, the Free Software Foundation FSF released a second draft proposal for version 3 of the GNU General Public License the GPL. With many of the public comments focusing on the way the initial draft may have over-reached in its restrictions on the...; Tags: software, GPL; Blog posts 2006-07-28