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The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08
Round-Up Meanwhile, Geek Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds was in jubilant and joking mood following the announcement. Torvalds wrote in an email: "I may make fun of Microsoft occasionally, and yeah, I think they do stupid things at times but I think this one... [29 Feb 2008]
Praise for Microsoft from open source Linux leader
News Linus Torvalds, leader of the Linux kernel project that's among the best-known open source threats to Windows, has words of praise for Microsoft's announcement last week that it would share some previously hard-to-get technology with open source... [26 Feb 2008]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Linus Torvalds makes a repeat appearance on the Agenda Setters list this year after dropping out of the top 50 in 2006. Torvalds is still happy to rock the software boat too - having spoken candidly this year about what he sees as Microsoft... [12 Oct 2007]
Red Hat gets real about KVM virtualisation
News The endorsement comes on the heels of another significant KVM achievement that bodes well for its adoption: Linux leader Linus Torvalds accepted KVM into the main Linux source code tree in February, a move that makes maintenance and debugging... [15 Feb 2007]
MySQL puts off automatic move to GPL 3
News Linus Torvalds and other Linux kernel programmers have shown little enthusiasm for the changes. Nearly all of 29 Linux kernel programmers surveyed last year said the current version 2 is better. Open source database company MySQL has decided to... [05 Jan 2007]
Torvalds agrees to Linux "breather"
News Linus Torvalds, the founder of Linux and maintainer of the development kernel, has agreed with his second-in-command, Andrew Morton, that the Linux kernel is becoming more bug-ridden. The bug-fix kernel cycle may come along sooner than expected... [10 May 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems. [22 Mar 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News Provisions against digital rights management (DRM) in a draft update to the General Public Licence (GPL) could undermine computer security, Linus Torvalds said this week in emails reflecting the Linux leader's pragmatic philosophy. [06 Feb 2006]
Sun mulls GPL 3 licence for Solaris
News Linux kernel project leader Linus Torvalds has said Linux will stay under the current version 2 of the GPL. Torvalds oversees the Linux kernel, which is at the heart of the open source operating system generally called Linux. [31 Jan 2006]
I won't convert Linux to GPL 3, says Torvalds
News Linus Torvalds said on Wednesday that he won't convert Linux to version 3 of the General Public Licence (GPL), as he objects to digital rights management (DRM) provisions in the proposed update. Torvalds said in a posting to the Linux kernel... [27 Jan 2006]
Is open source coming to a mobile near you?
News The kernel is maintained by Linux leader Linus Torvalds and his allies, who have preferred to work on mainstream enhancements rather than on features geared specifically to "embedded" computing devices such as mobile phones, robot controllers and... [17 Oct 2005]
Linus Torvalds
AS Profile Though down four positions from last year, Linus Torvalds for the first time ranks above rival Bill Gates on the Agenda Setters list. Born in 1991 while Torvalds was at university, Linux is "one of the validating elements" of open source, according... [23 Sep 2005]
Linux trademark attempt fails
News An attempt by Australia's peak Linux body to register the name "Linux" on behalf of Linus Torvalds has failed. The regulator said: "It is not clear from the declaration in what way Mr Jeremy Malcolm is authorised and qualified to make this... [19 Sep 2005]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Linus Torvalds
News Today we catch up with the 'father of Linux' Linus Torvalds. Given that Linus Torvalds is among the few individuals to appear on every Agenda Setters list since the project's inception in 2000, it seems a good bet he'll make it again in 2005. [09 Sep 2005]
Linux founder defends trademark action
News Linux founder Linus Torvalds has defended his protection of the Linux trademark and claims that sublicensing the trademark is a loss-making operation. Last month, a lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds wrote to 90 companies in Australia asking... [22 Aug 2005]
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