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Originally Posted by rocket357
Actually, I have a pretty serious issue with all of this.
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Now, did "GNU/Linux" lift off because of GNU, or because of Linus? It's *really* hard to say...but looking at GNU's kernel choices, I'd say Linus had a great deal to do with it...because it's *really* difficult to run applications on top of a kernel that doesn't work (see question #13 here: http://www.redditblog.com/2010/07/rms-ama.html).
This can be attributed to a law suit by a massive US corporation who cared nothing of freedom (user *or* software).
I'm willing to bet, though, that if Linus had put his skills to use in BSD, the open source landscape wouldn't be incredibly different from what it is today...Stallman or not. |
Agreed. It's hopeless to project the countless wouldof couldof mighthavebeens. But, I see your point.