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To: Scott Rafe who started this subject7/6/2003 9:59:52 AM
From: 2bstealthy  Read Replies (1) of 11417
 
Interview of Linus Torvalds...

Posted on Fri, Jul. 04, 2003

Linux creator an open source
Torvalds on SCO suit, Microsoft and his exit from Transmeta

Linus Torvalds is the creator of the Linux operating system, the open source version of Unix that is sweeping through the software world in a direct challenge to Microsoft. He is a technical leader and an outspoken advocate of open source development, which allows software users to develop and modify their own versions of software for free. He spoke candidly with Mercury News staff writer Dean Takahashi about the lawsuit from SCO Group versus IBM (where Big Blue is accused of illegally putting Unix code into Linux), on Microsoft and open source development. He also shed light on his decision to leave chip maker Transmeta for a Linux corporate software consortium, the Open Source Development Lab. Here is an edited transcript:

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