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Linus Torvalds to speak to LinuxWorld conference
News Michael Cowpland, president and CEO of Corel Corporation, Mark Jarvis, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Oracle, and Linus Torvalds, creator of the open-source software, Linux. A star line up of keynote speakers has been announced for... [25 Nov 1998]
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]
Torvalds tells EU: 'Hands off our software'
News Linux creator Linus Torvalds has made an appeal to the EU Council to oppose the adoption of the Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions, known as the software patent directive. [23 Nov 2004]
Linus isn't quitting: Official
News An email which appeared to be a letter of resignation from Linus Torvalds is a fake - according to the man himself. However, Linus Torvalds told silicon.com that the email, also posted at popular developers' site Slashdot.org, is an April Fools' joke. [02 Apr 2002]
Open season
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]
Linux kernel suffers Trojan horse hack
News Linus Torvalds, the original creator of Linux and the lead developer of the kernel, uses BitKeeper to keep track of changes in the core software for the operating system. Linus Torvalds addressed the issue in a post to the Linux kernel mailing list. [07 Nov 2003]
Linus Torvalds: King of the duck pond
Comment When you first meet Linus Torvalds what shines out is his apparent shyness. Linus Torvalds appears to be a happy, peaceful individual at the grand old age of 31. Linus is no exception. Linus grew up in downtown Helsinki and spent most of his youth... [18 May 2001]
Linus back on the full-time penguin push
News Linus Torvalds has been lured away from Transmeta to work full-time on his first love Linux. Torvalds, who will become an OSDL Fellow, will go to work full-time on future versions of Linux, such as its forthcoming 2.6 kernel, the OSDL said in a... [17 Jun 2003]
Windows better than Linux - says Linus
News Linux creator Linus Torvalds risked the wrath of Linux devotees at this week's LinuxWorld conference in California with the comment and added that despite some commercial success in the past year, it would be 10 to 15 years before home users began... [18 Aug 2000]
Linux kernel locked down
News The group, which employs Linux creator Linus Torvalds, said the new system will require that contributions to the Linux kernel only be made by developers who agree to submit code under "appropriate" open-source licences. [25 May 2004]
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]
Linux on the desktop: Inevitable?
Comment Linus Torvalds is often wrongly labelled the head of the open source software movement, as well as the creator of the Linux operating system (OS). To buy a copy of Linus Torvalds' Just For Fun at the reduced price of £16.20, visit www.silicon.com... [24 May 2001]
BBC's Highfield beats Jobs as top man in tech
News Gates saw more pressure than ever, ending up in a tie at number 7 with Linux creator Linus Torvalds - the first time ever two Agenda Setters have tied. Along with Torvalds at 7, we have MySQL CEO Marten Mickos making his debut at 12, Open Source... [27 Sep 2004]
Linus gets lawyers for defence in SCO lawsuit
News The Open Source Development Lab will pay its law firm to represent Linus Torvalds, the Linux operating system founder and leader who this week was subpoenaed in connection with a $3bn lawsuit against IBM. [14 Nov 2003]
Linux group calls for appointment of Penguin Patch Lieutenant
News Landley said Linus Torvalds - the creator of the operating system - currently drops code because he doesn't have the time to integrate it. Linux was written by Torvalds when he was a computer science student at Helsinki University in 1991, and it... [30 Jan 2002]
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