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Microsoft 'building open-source cult of fear'

News Microsoft is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt among open source users, Linus Torvalds has said in an interview. Microsoft could offer no response to Torvalds' comments at the time of writing. It is this type of claim which angers Torvalds.

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[14 Aug 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. Torvalds agreed with Morton's comments in an interview with news...

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[10 May 2006]

Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Linus Torvalds

News If you want to pass on your comments for our experts - about Linus Torvalds or any other contender - drop us an email at editorial@silicon.com. Today we catch up with the 'father of Linux' Linus Torvalds.

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[09 Sep 2005]

Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Linus Torvalds

Comment If you want to pass on your comments for our experts, about Linus Torvalds or any other contender, drop us an email at editorial@silicon.com. Linus Torvalds is among the select few who have made the Agenda Setters poll every year since its...

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[08 Sep 2004]

5 years ago... Linus says Microsoft-Linux battle is slow work

News 11.08.99: Speaking at the LinuxWorld conference, Linus Torvalds comments that the ongoing battle with Microsoft is slow work. In addition, Torvalds confirms that the open-source OS will run on Sony's PlayStation 2 video game consoles and says he's...

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[11 Aug 2004]

SCO downplays legal threat to Torvalds

News McBride's comments were meant to address a portion of the story that stated, "McBride added that unless more companies start licensing SCO's property, he may also sue Linus Torvalds, who is credited with inventing the Linux operating system, for...

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[30 May 2003]

Being Linus Torvalds: silicon.com launches portal into the mind of open source guru

News These are just some of the questions answered by Linus Torvalds, in a series of exclusive interviews with Pia Hekkila, fellow Finn and silicon.com senior reporter (http://www.silicon.com/goto-Linus-st ).

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[15 May 2001]

The challenge facing open source

Comment In other ways, it's still the baby of its brainchild, Linus Torvalds. But we all deserve to know more about software as important as the operating systems that run most desktops and thousands of servers, and an individual as important as Torvalds.

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[13 May 2001]

Linus hits back at Microsoft 'slurs'

News Torvalds pointed out that most modern science is based on similar principles to those used in the development of open source software. Mundie detailed Microsoft's policy of allowing limited access to its products source code but also attacked the...

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[04 May 2001]

What would you ask Linus Torvalds?

News silicon.com has secured an exclusive interview with Linus Torvalds, and we want you to set the agenda. To stand a chance of getting your voice heard, simply click on the reader comments button below and post your query.

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[05 Apr 2001]

This time in '99: Compaq stands firm on Linux

News Hall was working for Digital in 1994 when he first met Linus Torvalds. But he is optimistic about the future of Torvalds' brainchild. The comments came on Friday from Jon "Mad Dog" Hall, senior leader of Compaq's Unix software group.

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[26 May 2000]

Compaq stands firm on Linux

News Hall was working for Digital in 1994 when he first met Linus Torvalds. But he is optimistic about the future of Torvalds' brainchild. The comments came on Friday from Jon "Mad Dog" Hall, senior leader of Compaq's Unix software group.

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[01 Jun 1999]