Torvalds vs Schwartz GPL Wars 335
javipas writes "The controversial message published by Linus Torvalds (mirrored) in the Linux Kernel Mailing List was from the beginning to the end an open attack to Sun and its Open Source strategy. Linus criticized Sun's real position on GPL, and claimed that Linux could be dangerous to Sun. Upon his words, "they may be talking a lot more [about Open Source] than they are or ever will be doing." Jonathan Schwartz's blog has been updated today with a post that is a direct response to Linus claims, but in a much more elegant and coherent way. Sun's CEO notes that "Companies compete, communities simply fracture", and tries to explain why using GPL licenses is taking so long."
Schwartz should reply in a mailing list (Score:2, Funny)
ahh.... (Score:5, Funny)
oh man (Score:5, Funny)
most.. awkward.. date.. ever.
Re:oh man (Score:3, Funny)
Better check them for recording devices too.
GPL Wars (Score:1, Funny)
Curse you (Score:5, Funny)
Is this going to hurt? (Score:1, Funny)
Because as any Lunix aficionado know, you can never, ever have enough text editors. We may not have an OS which can auto detect and auto configure new hardware, but when you have millions of different text editors to choose from, chasing Windows 95's tail lights seems like a pretty good place to be.
Re:ahh.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:oh man (Score:3, Funny)
It gets much worse when he shows up and there are candles lit and Barry White on the stereo.
Re:Not a bad Linus message (Score:3, Funny)
Wow. Hell must've frozen over...
Never worth it (Score:1, Funny)
Lunix is not, despite their propagandizing to the contrary, ready for the desktop... and probably never will be. And no matter how you slice it, they will always be at least a decade behind Microsoft.
So sadly, their vast and unprecedented variety of text editors is just not enough to get people to use their OS as anything but a tech toy. It's an ok choice for a server, and it's kind of neat for small devices, but as for the desktop... I'll go with an OS which is actually ready for prime time.
Re:Curse you (Score:3, Funny)
> maid uniform
Just imagine the grin on Melinda's face as she dresses him that morning:
"Oh, don't worry dear. It's what all the other CEO's are wearing".
c.