Q and A with Linus Torvalds
Feb 9th, 2008 by bfvcc
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Q: What do you think about the regular hype about the release of a new version of Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X?
A: An o/s should never have been something that people (in general) really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying f*** about it except the technical people.
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To Microsoft and Apple the o/s is important as a way to control the whole environment, from a marketing and money-making standpoint, to force people to upgrade their applications, and your hardware.
Q. Do you have a favorite between Leopard and Vista?
A. I don’t think they’re equally flawed. I think Leopard is a much better system. On the other hand, (I’ve found) OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for. Their file system is complete and utter crap, which is scary. I think OS X is nicer than Windows in many ways, but neither can hold a candle to my own (Linux). It’s a race to second place!
Q. Are Asian countries embracing open source as developers?
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In summary, language barrier & cultural barrier .
Well, apple fans never want to hear that from Linus, maybe they don’t care^-^, let’s hope ZFS will happen in Leopard someday…….
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