“Linux creator Linus Torvalds accused the DVD industry of
trying to “screw their customers over” by fighting the DVD’s
integration with the open-source operating system.”
“In a keynote at LinuxWorld here, Torvalds complained about
lawsuits of DVD consortiums against unnamed developers who sought
to port DVD technology to Linux.”
“This is a case of companies that want to screw their customers
over,” said Torvalds, in response to an attendee during a
question-and-answer session portion of his speech. “What will
happen? The DVD consortiums will lose in court, and we’ll have DVD
on Linux.”
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