| The geek behind the penguin [Sydney Morning Herald] |
Jan. 28, 2003
Linux Torvalds is interviewed by Fran Spencer of the Sydney Morning Herald during his visit for a local Linux event in Western Australia . . .
" . . . Torvalds appears to find Microsoft's angst over open source, and Linux in particular, more amusing than troubling, but warns that the battle could get serious. "If you're the dominant player it's really hard to attack something that's done by people who just like doing it, and as an industry it's politically not very sensible to attack it," he said. "On a PR side they've tried to attack Linux and it hasn't been very successful . . . (but) there's always the worry they will try using the laws about IP (intellectual property), which is very scary in the US, and that could end up being a very ugly situation."
" . . . While his hands are still on the controls, he is not working towards a long-term goal. "I did have a goal but I reached that in late '91 . . . it's nothing like what Linux is today . . . "
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