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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]
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]
Leader Stalwarts in these areas such as Bruce Perens at 39, Linus Torvalds at 44 and Richard Stallman at 40 all make the list and not for the first time. Fair? What do you think? Zuckerberg continues a trend that has - by a nose - seen a new face top the...
[15 Oct 2007]
AS Analysis Stalwarts in these areas such as Bruce Perens at 39, Linus Torvalds at 44 and Richard Stallman at 40 all make the list and not for the first time. Fair? What do you think? Zuckerberg continues a trend that has - by a nose - seen a new face top the...
[12 Oct 2007]
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]
AS Analysis GNU founder Richard Stallman reappears at number 40 in the rankings and Linux creator Linus Torvalds at number 44 after a brief absence by both men from the Agenda Setters list of 2006. Microsoft has been at the centre of controversy over the past...
[12 Oct 2007]
AS Profile Beating father of Linux Linus Torvalds in the rankings, Bruce Perens was singled out by this year's panel for his pre-eminence in keeping the flag of free and open-source software flying high. Author of The Open Source Definition, a self-described...
[12 Oct 2007]
News It sponsors the work of Linux founder Linus Torvalds and counts companies such as Google, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel and Novell among its members. The Linux Foundation, custodian of the Linux trademark, has announced two summits to deal with legal...
[13 Sep 2007]
News Microsoft is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt among open source users, Linus Torvalds has said in an interview. It is this type of claim which angers Torvalds. But despite the controversy, Torvalds remains nonplussed.
[14 Aug 2007]
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]
News OSDL, which employs Linux founder Linus Torvalds, was established in 2000 to try to improve the operating system for high-end servers. The Open Source Developer Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG), two groups trying to standardise and...
[22 Jan 2007]
News Linus Torvalds and other Linux kernel programmers have shown little enthusiasm for the changes. Open source database company MySQL has decided to stick to the current General Public Licence (GPL) rather than move to an upcoming revision, pending...
[05 Jan 2007]
AS Profile Move over Linus Torvalds. Why? Carrying the open source flag On previous Agenda Setters lists the 'father of Linux' won a spot for leading the open source revolution. But this year the panel decided the free software flag is being carried by Bruce...
[25 Sep 2006]
AS Profile More than any individual since Bill Gates or Linus Torvalds he has become inextricably linked with the movement he champions. Why? Speaking out for software as a service Marc Benioff makes his second appearance on the Agenda Setters list - though...
[25 Sep 2006]
News But Linux creator Linus Torvalds has said DRM can play an integral role in security, and claimed proposed revisions to the GPL go too far. An awareness day to highlight the fight against digital rights management (DRM) will be held on 3 October.
[04 Sep 2006]
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...
[10 May 2006]
News Intel is working to make sure Linux programmers such as Linux leader Linus Torvalds are in the vanguard, though. Linus has a 'Merom' system now and just loves it," Hohndel said, referring to the next-generation dual-core processor for laptops Intel...
[05 Apr 2006]
News A previous winner of the Lovelace Medal was Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux. Sir Tim Berners-Lee has picked up his latest award in a long line of gongs handed to the British inventor of the world wide web.
[29 Mar 2006]
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]
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]
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