“Linus Torvalds gave the keynote speech at LinuxWorld Expo
last month, right after announcing Transmeta Corp. Am I the only
one to see that Torvalds and other open-source software
revolutionaries are acting out the finale of George Orwell’s Animal
Farm?…“
“But with Torvalds saying some animals are more equal than
others, why is the sanctimonious open-source press still cheering
him on? Are the likes of Slashdot.org, just gobbled by VA Linux,
also porking out in Orwell’s farmhouse?…”
“So what I want to know is, if open-source software is so cool,
and if Torvalds “gets it,” why isn’t Crusoe open source? For a
start, why aren’t the Crusoe chip’s mask sources published for
modification and manufacture by anyone?”