Linux founder talks open source | Linux Today

Linux founder talks open source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 19, 2013

Wearing a red polo, brown pants and no shoes, he attacked companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds. Stallman claimed these companies collected copious amounts of data and some of their software allowed malicious programs to be installed.

“You should never use the Amazon swindle,” Stallman said to laughs. “The official name of that product is the Kindle. Kindle means to start a fire which I think is meant to suggest that its purpose is virtual book burning.”

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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