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Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'

July 17, 2008 Linux creator calls OpenBSD crowd a bunch of "monkeys" and criticizes those who publicize security flaws to gain notoriety. TAGS: OpenBSD, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, bug, monkey, security flaw, mailing list, creator, security, Linux, developer, approach, information technology, e-mail, operating system

Open source's patent spat

November 23, 2004 roundup Linus Torvalds and other luminaries call EU patent proposal "deceptive, dangerous." Also: Eye on the big ticket. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, open source, Novell NetWare, European Union, Linux, Sun Solaris, Novell Inc., operating system, Microsoft Corp., server

Torvalds talks like a pirate

September 21, 2006 Aaaar! Linux leader uses salty sea-dog language to introduce 2.6.18 update to the kernel of the open-source OS. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, kernel, piracy, Linux, open source, operating system, e-mail

Bid to trademark the word 'Linux' rejected

September 16, 2005 Australian government turns down the bid, but the group that had pushed the effort claims partial victory anyway. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, trademark, Linux, trader, IP, Wikipedia, open source, letter, Google Search, Mr., Google Inc., operating system

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, multiprocessor, kernel, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Linux, Sun UltraSPARC, Oracle Corp., T1, Linux kernel, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., file system, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., programming, patch management

Torvalds: A Solaris skeptic

December 21, 2004 The Linux leader calls the rival open-source operating system from Sun Microsystems a "joke." TAGS: Sun Solaris, Linus Torvalds, Sun Solaris 10, Linux, Intel x86, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, open source, programmer, Unix, leader, operating system

Sun considers GPL 3 license for Solaris

January 30, 2006 But chances of cooperation between Solaris and Linux are clouded because Linux will remain under GPL 2. TAGS: Sun Solaris, GPL, Jonathan Schwartz, Linus Torvalds, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, GPL 3, Xen, open source, Linux kernel, blog, intellectual property, server, Dell, operating system, HP
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