Linus Torvalds: Backporting Is A Good Thing

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Linus Torvalds: A Little Fragmentation
is Good

Linus Torvalds: A Little Fragmentation
is Good 02/01/2005 09:24 PM

Linus Torvalds on Microsoft

Linus Torvalds on Microsoft 01/07/2004 03:15 PM
From the New York Times, 28 Sept 03 "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect."...

Linus Torvalds: SCO Is 'Just Too Wrong'

Linus Torvalds: SCO Is 'Just Too Wrong' 01/26/2004 02:20 AM
Business Week Jan 26 2004 7:14AM GMT

Linus Torvalds: SCO Is ''Just Too
Wrong'' also

Linus Torvalds: SCO Is ''Just Too
Wrong'' also 01/27/2004 06:23 PM

Linus Torvalds galardonado por The
Economist

Linus Torvalds galardonado por The
Economist 09/16/2004 11:28 AM

Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon
Forest

Linus Torvalds Moving to the Silicon
Forest 06/10/2004 10:32 PM

Linus Torvalds Refutes SCO Copyright
Claims

Linus Torvalds Refutes SCO Copyright
Claims 12/23/2003 12:26 AM

Comentarios de Linus Torvalds sobre
Solaris

Comentarios de Linus Torvalds sobre
Solaris 12/24/2004 12:20 PM

Linus Torvalds: Sun Microsystems'
Solaris a "joke"

Linus Torvalds: Sun Microsystems'
Solaris a "joke" 12/22/2004 01:48 AM
When Linus Torvalds successfully harnessed the talent of thousands of programmers to create Linux, the operating system that arguably suffered most was Sun Microsystems' Solaris. Now Torvalds and his allies face a new side of that old competitor. Sun has turned Solaris into an open-source project. The company also is building its own community of programmers around Solaris, while promoting the operating system's deployment on the widely used computers with x86 processors, such as Intel's Xeon. But the 34-year-old Finnish programmer isn't fazed by Solaris. In fact, he's downright dismissive, calling it a "joke."

Linus Torvalds defers closed source
crunch

Linus Torvalds defers closed source
crunch 04/06/2005 05:55 PM
Key kernel tool gets proprietary

Bruce Perens Tells Linus Torvalds To
Cool It

Bruce Perens Tells Linus Torvalds To
Cool It 04/16/2005 05:03 AM

Linus Torvalds in bizarre attack on open
source

Linus Torvalds in bizarre attack on open
source 04/11/2005 05:55 PM
Do as I say, not do as I do

XML: Too much of a good thing?

XML: Too much of a good thing? 09/07/2004 06:38 AM
Explosion of special-interest XML dialects could mean the standard is a success or could be the start of a new headache.

Too much of a good thing

Too much of a good thing 07/16/2004 08:21 AM
Forget spam -- our real conundrum is the overload of legitimate e-mail. But help is coming.

Too much of a good thing?

Too much of a good thing? 01/01/2005 04:42 AM
globetechnology.com Jan 1 2005 7:04AM GMT

Portability is a Good Thing (Again!)

Portability is a Good Thing (Again!) 08/05/2002 10:44 PM

Yahoo: Not Enough of a Good Thing

Yahoo: Not Enough of a Good Thing 07/07/2004 01:13 PM
Source: BusinessWeek - To maintain its lofty stock price, it must deliver earnings even more stellar than recent results -- while competition grows....

Maybe e-mail addiction is a good thing

Maybe e-mail addiction is a good thing 06/05/2005 10:56 PM
Also: Are virus writers creating a super worm?

Maybe teenage pregnancy is a good thing

Maybe teenage pregnancy is a good thing 07/18/2004 06:41 PM

Now that I'm 40 years old most of my friends are in their riper years.  The women who are trying to have children in their late 30s and early 40s are going through torture.  Hormones, needles, in-vitro fertilization, miscarriages, etc.  Maybe teenage pregnancy isn't such a bad idea after all.  I wonder if in pre-industrial societies it wasn't the case that the grandparents did most of the child-rearing that required judgement and experience.  The teenage girl did the child-bearing but was still living surrounded by extended family so that her 30-35-year-old mom and mother-in-law could provide adult guidance for the baby.  Perhaps we believe that teenage pregnancy is bad only because our family structures have been broken up.

Is a Do-Gooder Company a Good Thing?

Is a Do-Gooder Company a Good Thing? 05/01/2004 02:43 PM
Supporters and critics agree that the public would do well to scrutinize the effects of Google's influence, whether or not it adheres to its promises of trustworthiness.

Microsoft Patches: Too Much Of A Good
Thing?

Microsoft Patches: Too Much Of A Good
Thing? 04/15/2004 01:09 AM
So what's the problem? Too many users hitting too few servers. The result? Problems connecting to Microsoft's Windows Update site, where the downloadable patches reside. By Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Watch (via MyAppleMenu)

More of a good Blue Hill thing

More of a good Blue Hill thing 07/09/2004 09:40 PM
New York has a review of the new Blue Hill at Stone Barns 30 miles north of New York City in Pocantico Hills, New York. I'm a big fan of Blue Hill in Greenwich Village, and when I first heard about the new spot, I added it to my list of restaurants to check out. Sounds delicious. Also if you're interested in Blue Hill, be sure and check out the article (not available online), "Back on the Farm" in the July 2004 Gourmet by Blue Hill chef Dan Barber. It's all about going to his family farm with his staff to plant and pick veggies. Sounds wonderful. And yummy!

Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing

Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing 09/30/2002 01:19 AM
8 Reasons Why Google News Is a *Good* Thing Dave writes how he's not impressed by Google News. Exact post: Google PR sends a message that they have a new News service. Maybe I'm slow this morning, or maybe I'm spoiled, but what's the big deal. I thought they already had this. My personal aggregator is better, it shows me what I'm interested in, it's not one size fits all. Help me figure this out. I'm sure there's something innovative here, I just don't see it. Permalink From a technical perspective I'm not sure that there is a lot that's new here. I still think this is huge though: My aggregator is just that mine -- I heavily tilt it in favor of tech / blogging / highly ecclectic stuff. I don't get general purpose "What's Going On" news -- and, sure, that's my fault. So what? A personal aggregator is always or at least often going to be this way. Google is giving me a much more balanced viewpoint. That's huge. Google is integrating foreign and U.S. feeds into one composite display. Given that there are differences in how U.S. media report stories versus foreign media, this makes it very apparent and that's good. The U.S. media is not always right. The user interface is highly functional -- I could easily see my Mom using Google News. I couldn't see her using a "traditional" aggregator be it Radio, AmphetaDesk, Drupal or another. The concept of aggregation is fundamentally important and one of the very real contributions that UserLand made to us all. Still aggregation doesn't mean squat beyond a small group of folks. Google News will introduce the concept very widely. Everything is very clearly time stamped i.e. "55 minutes ago". It's not going to get confused when someone re-edits a url they've already posted so the same thing shows up as new repeatedly. A Caveat. Google's reputation is such that I feel that they did a good job of picking the news sources which is particularly important for foreign information. When I caught the Indonesian bombing news this morning, I trusted the sources that Google chose to show me since they're from Google. Now that may be naive and perhaps it is but a lot of us will do that. They aren't relying on XML feeds so they aren't dependent on news sources that lack feeds like Voice of America. And while there are lots of ways to build these, it's generally non-trivial. Google News isn't going to replace my aggregator any time soon but it is a good tool that I can see myself using regularly. Visit Google News

Portability is a Good Thing (ADODB)

Portability is a Good Thing (ADODB) 07/25/2002 07:36 AM

Government wifi in Philadephia is a good
thing

Government wifi in Philadephia is a good
thing 09/03/2004 12:45 AM

Philad elphia is considering investing $10M to blanket 135 square miles with wifi coverage.

I agree with David Weinberger that the wifi project in Philadelphia is a good thing. Like David, I hear and understand the arguments against government running things that businesses can do, but I think that in the case of some of the low cost basic infrastructure like this, I think municipal governments can often deploy and run it just fine. I think that we need to start thinking of parts of our network as assets like roads, which can and should be run by government.

I will add that in most cases I believe in free markets and competition for this sort of thing.

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Shrinking Apple Expos... A Good Thing?

Shrinking Apple Expos... A Good Thing? 07/30/2004 11:56 AM

Hammers in Trees Is Not a Good Thing
(Reuters)

Hammers in Trees Is Not a Good Thing
(Reuters) 08/11/2004 11:38 AM
Reuters - Former ballerina turned hammer-thrower Shirley Webb has slammed British Olympic training facilities in Cyprus after being reduced to throwing into a field from a road junction.

Running Linux and BSD on the Mighty Mac
Mini is a good thing

Running Linux and BSD on the Mighty Mac
Mini is a good thing 04/11/2005 02:18 PM
NetBSD and Yellow Dog Linux have both begun to support the Mac Mini. This article looks at the open source operating system options on this new contender in the embedded PowerPC platform space. The article provides the current state of Linux and NetBSD support on the Mini. If you need a stable kernel, a C compiler, and network support, the code is high-quality and the price is unbeatable. This is part two in the series. Part One covered the potential use of the Mac mini as a high-end embedded development board.

Exhibitor on shrinking Apple expos: It's
a good thing!

Exhibitor on shrinking Apple expos: It's
a good thing! 07/30/2004 10:35 AM
Kevin Ford, MacWorld Boston exhibitor and CEO of Parliant (makers of the PhoneValet telephony solution) has written a good essay from the small vendor's perspective on why Apple's shrinking shows may actually be great for the Mac community.

Scientists: Male nematode proves sex a
good thing

Scientists: Male nematode proves sex a
good thing 11/07/2003 04:23 AM
USA Today Nov 7 2003 3:25AM ET

A good thing Microsoft doesn't make car
door locks

A good thing Microsoft doesn't make car
door locks 12/30/2003 01:31 AM
Joe Wilcox: "I think Microsoft should push back more security responsibility to customers. Too often, Microsoft is dinged for security mishaps that result from customers not doing enough to protect their PCs. Remember, that Microsoft released a patch that could...

Sony Ericsson P900 Layla: Good Thing
It's Just A Prototype

Sony Ericsson P900 Layla: Good Thing
It's Just A Prototype 05/06/2004 08:39 AM
Slashphone takes a look at the Sony Ericsson 'Layla' prototype--the one we all got a little too worked up about a few days ago--and decides, you know, maybe that flip down keyboard might not be too comfortable to use. I have to admit, as much as I am a keyboard...

Linux Creator Calls Backporting a 'Good
Thing'

Linux Creator Calls Backporting a 'Good
Thing' 04/20/2004 08:56 PM
Internet.com Apr 21 2004 0:50AM GMT

Linux Creator Calls Backporting 'Good
Thing'

Linux Creator Calls Backporting 'Good
Thing' 04/20/2004 12:41 PM
Recent comments from SUSE's CTO about backporting newer Linux features into older ones spark discussion in the open source community, including Linus Torvalds.

""I'd just like to get together with a
guy from time to time just to -- just to
play. I'd like him to be, uh, in very
good shape, flat stomach, good chest,
good arms, well-hung, cut, uh, just get
naked, play, see what happens, nothing
real heavy ..."

""I'd just like to get together with a
guy from time to time just to -- just to
play. I'd like him to be, uh, in very
good shape, flat stomach, good chest,
good arms, well-hung, cut, uh, just get
naked, play, see what happens, nothing
real heavy ..." 08/31/2004 08:45 PM

Top 10 Linus Quotes on SCO

Top 10 Linus Quotes on SCO 12/07/2003 12:46 PM
An anonymous reader noted LinuxWorld running an entertaining little Top Ten SCO-related "Linusisms. If you're new to the story, you might find these ...

Linus & the Lunatics, Part II

Linus & the Lunatics, Part II 12/02/2003 01:46 AM
The transcript of the Q&A portion of Linus' talk on this year's Linux Lunacy cruise.

Linus & the Lunatics, Part III

Linus & the Lunatics, Part III 12/02/2003 01:46 AM
Linus and fellow cruisers talk with the Victoria LUG during the latest Linux Lunacy Geek Cruise.

Linus picks up sticks

Linus picks up sticks 06/11/2004 05:01 AM
USA Today Jun 11 2004 9:53AM GMT
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