Torvalds: Free OS X Is No Threat To Linux 314
jfruh writes "Apple is now offering upgrades to the latest version of OS X for free. When Linux inventor Linus Torvalds was asked whether this threatened Linux (presumably by someone who had only a passing knowledge of all the things 'free' can mean when applied to software) it gave him an opportunity for a passionate defense of open source. Torvalds also says that he'll keep programming until it gets 'not interesting,' which hasn't happened yet." The newest version of OS X may be gratis for Apple hardware buyers, but it's notably far from the original, (literally) un-branded sense of "mavericks."
Linus Ducks Real Issue (Score:5, Funny)
This is a clever ruse on Linus' part. The real issue, which he completely ignores, is the genuine threat to Linux provided by Microsoft's release of a free Windows 8.1 upgrade.
Even if he doesn't want to talk about it, at least publicly, I know he's scared shitless.
Whiplash Article (Score:5, Funny)
Free as in mousetrap cheese. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Linus Ducks Real Issue (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Linus Ducks Real Issue (Score:5, Funny)
He tried, it's stuck on Asshole.
Re:Wrong Mavericks (Score:5, Funny)
If you've spent much time on the site, you'd realize that they operate with a very special kind of stupid around here. And by special kind of stupid, I mean about 1,000x the normal human amount.
Yes, but it is free and open source stupidity; so that if you have some special need you can adapt it to your particular use of stupid. Some folks simply use it as is with a pre-existing build that they can cut and paste in replies, others make minor modifications and some fork it into a whole new type of stupidity because they think they have a better way to be stupid.
Re:the second dose is free (Score:0, Funny)
Well, to the kind of people who settle for Linux, twenty bucks can be a month's worth of ramen noodles.